 | David Hume, Stuart D. Warner, Donald W. Livingston - Philosophy - 1994 - 292 pages
...republic, see n. 41.] can, on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty, that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able, by the mere dint of...to effect it. The judgments of many must unite in this work: Experience must guide their labour: Time must bring it to perfection: And the feeling of... | |
 | Michael W. Spicer - Political Science - 1995 - 138 pages
...society, whether monarchical or republican, is a work of so great difficulty, that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able, by the mere dint of reason and reflection, to effect it" (124). Hume believed in the importance of custom and tradition and argued that "a wise magistrate .... | |
 | Donald W. Livingston - History - 1998 - 470 pages
...reflection, to effect it. The judgments of many must unite in this work: Experience must guide their labour: Time must bring it to perfection: And the feeling...fall into, in their first trials and experiments" (E, 124). In this way, law, like language or any other profound Humean convention, evolves spontaneously,... | |
 | Donald W. Livingston - History - 1998 - 462 pages
...of mankind, and this process takes time and is the work of countless generations. "No human genius, however comprehensive, is able, by the mere dint of...to effect it. The judgments of many must unite in this work: Experience must guide their labour: Time must bring it to perfection: And the feeling of... | |
 | Thomas D. Lynch - Political Science - 1997 - 506 pages
...observed "To balance a state or society ... is a work of so great difficulty, that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able, by the mere dint of reason and reflection, to effect it" (37). Also, despite his claim that politics could be "reduced to a science," (38) Hume believed that... | |
 | Michael Dean McGinnis - Business & Economics - 1999 - 452 pages
...monarchical or republican, on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty, that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able, by the mere dint of...inevitably fall into in their first trials and experiments. In the course of elaborating the design of a system of government where the exercise of governmental... | |
 | Russell Hardin - Constitutional history - 2003 - 404 pages
...monarchical or republican, on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able, by the mere dint of...Time must bring it to perfection: And the feeling of inconveniencies must correct the mistakes, which they inevitably fall into, in their first trials and... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - Political Science - 1999 - 253 pages
...monarchial or republican, on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty, that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able by the mere dint of...reason and reflection, to effect it. The judgments of man must unite in the work: Experience must guide their labour: Time must bring it to perfection: And... | |
 | Karin von Hippel - Political Science - 2000 - 240 pages
...monarchical or republican, on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able, by the mere dint of...they inevitably fall into in their first trials and experiments.67 This description could also aptly encapsulate the changes in UN peace support operations... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - Political Science - 2003 - 304 pages
...monarchical or republican, on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able, by the mere dint of...they inevitably fall into in their first trials and experiments.41 We should note that Hamilton in the next breath goes on to exalt as a prodigy the establishment... | |
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To balance a large state or society [says he], whether, monarchical or republican, on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty, that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able, by the mere dint of reason and reflection, to effect it. 
