"But indeed, a little consideration will soon enable us to account for the ignorance of mankind in this interesting particular; and will teach us, that it solely arises from those baneful habits of perverse reasoning, which have from time to time immemorial taken root in the minds of men, and have at last sunk so deep, as to render their final and general extirpation, an immensely laborious, if not a ridiculous, attempt."
— Taylor, Thomas (1758-1835)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Edward Jeffrey
Date
1792
Metaphor
"But indeed, a little consideration will soon enable us to account for the ignorance of mankind in this interesting particular; and will teach us, that it solely arises from those baneful habits of perverse reasoning, which have from time to time immemorial taken root in the minds of men, and have at last sunk so deep, as to render their final and general extirpation, an immensely laborious, if not a ridiculous, attempt."
Metaphor in Context
The truth I allude to is, the equality of all things, with respect to their intrinsic and real dignity and worth. But indeed, a little consideration will soon enable us to account for the ignorance of mankind in this interesting particular; and will teach us, that it solely arises from those baneful habits of perverse reasoning, which have from time to time immemorial taken root in the minds of men, and have at last sunk so deep, as to render their final and general extirpation, an immensely laborious, if not a ridiculous, attempt.
(Chap. I, p. 10)
(Chap. I, p. 10)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1792, 1795).
See A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes (London: Printed for Edward Jeffrey, 1792).<Link to ESTC>
Reading Edition. A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes, ed. Louise Schutz Boas (Gainesville, FL: Scholars' Facsimile, 1966). <Link to archive.org>
See A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes (London: Printed for Edward Jeffrey, 1792).<Link to ESTC>
Reading Edition. A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes, ed. Louise Schutz Boas (Gainesville, FL: Scholars' Facsimile, 1966). <Link to archive.org>
Date of Entry
04/24/2014
