The Spirit of Athens Being a Political And Philosophical Investigation of the H
The Spirit of Athens Being a Political And Philosophical Investigation of the H
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The minds of the Athenians opened by com- mercial intercourfe, re-operated on that com- merce, and aided it with fuch regulation as ex- perience might authorize, or forefight fugged : negotiation was to be foftered but by equality, the influence of the citizen over his neighbour might extend to the tranfactions of the mer- chant, t 192 ] chant, and diffidence corrode the very root of* credit and fair dealing ; — thus feemed ic necef- fary, that the ftate fhould tend to the demo- cratic fcale in... flibferviency to the interests of* thofe, who gave it grandeur and opulence.
That a ftate fhculd, by degrees, mould to the fpirit of its individuals ; — that a humane and impartial legitimation tending to favor the occupa- tion of the citizen, ihould attract the foreigner 5 —that the public polity fhould profit of the concourfe, and encreafe in funds and popula- tion ; — that induftry mould lead to riches, and riches to authority ; — that each citizen ihould feek that channel through which his pride, his pleafures, his ambition^ his every paffion was to be gratified; that in a word, from the advantages of trade and navigation, a common- wealth fhould become powerful, and its confti- tuents polifhed and opulent, is a fubject too well underftood, to need any further detail :— but this over-nutritious flimulative to greatnefs, bears it not fomewhat poifonous and deftruclive in its confequences ?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The minds of the Athenians opened by com- mercial intercourfe, re-operated on that com- merce, and aided it with fuch regulation as ex- perience might authorize, or forefight fugged : negotiation was to be foftered but by equality, the influence of the citizen over his neighbour might extend to the tranfactions of the mer- chant, t 192 ] chant, and diffidence corrode the very root of* credit and fair dealing ; — thus feemed ic necef- fary, that the ftate fhould tend to the demo- cratic fcale in... flibferviency to the interests of* thofe, who gave it grandeur and opulence.
That a ftate fhculd, by degrees, mould to the fpirit of its individuals ; — that a humane and impartial legitimation tending to favor the occupa- tion of the citizen, ihould attract the foreigner 5 —that the public polity fhould profit of the concourfe, and encreafe in funds and popula- tion ; — that induftry mould lead to riches, and riches to authority ; — that each citizen ihould feek that channel through which his pride, his pleafures, his ambition^ his every paffion was to be gratified; that in a word, from the advantages of trade and navigation, a common- wealth fhould become powerful, and its confti- tuents polifhed and opulent, is a fubject too well underftood, to need any further detail :— but this over-nutritious flimulative to greatnefs, bears it not fomewhat poifonous and deftruclive in its confequences ?
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