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As he is become together 



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ers, a memb 



of a community, with a view to the promotion of mutual happ 



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nefs ; he expeds to derive from this union or fociety 



means 



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of enjoying with certainty, in a perfe^l and undifturbed manner 

 his phyiical and moral happinefs. Herein confift the principles 



CIVIL OR SOCIAL FELICITY. 



1. 



From hence it becomes evident, that whenever men are 



found 



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to live in focieties for the promotion of mutual happinefs, they 

 ought to enjoy phyjical, moral and facial felicity in the highefl 



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degree poffible, in their lituation and circumflances. 



But befides the abovementioned divifion of happinefs we muil 



allow, that 



ally mufl have many deg 



depending 



the following circumflances. 



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Firf, The more various and multiplied the objedts of phyfcal, 



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moral f and facial enjoyment are, which a man or a whole fociety 

 really can make their own, the greater muft their happinefs be: 

 and on the other hand, the fewer and the lefs varied the enjoy 



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ments, and objeds of enjoyment are, the more circumfcribed and 

 fmall is their happinefs. 



Secondly, The longer the duration of enjoyments of a man or fo- 

 ciety of men is, the happier they will find themfelves : and the 



more fleeting and tranfitory their enjoyments are, in the fame de- 

 gree, muft they experience unhappinefs. 



X X 2 Thirdly, 



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