from that system: in other words, it is the ?,t? of virtue. Whereas the Basis of any theory of Ethics is the d??t? of virtue, the reason of the obligation enjoined, of the exhortation or praise given, whether it be sought in human nature, or in the external conditions of the world, or in anything else. As in all sciences, so also in Ethics the ?,t? must be clearly distinguished from the d??t?. But most teachers of Morals wilfully confound this difference: probably because the ?,t? is so easy, the d??t? so exceedingly difficult, to give. They are therefore glad to try to make up for the poverty on the one hand, by the riches on the other, and to bring about a happy marriage between ?e??a (poverty) and ????? (plenty), by putting them together in one proposition.

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