But I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him. You have no business with consequences : you are to tell the truth. Besides, you are not sure what effect your telling him that he is in danger may have. It may bring his... Letters of David Hume to William Strahan - Էջ 272David Hume - 1888 - 386 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| James Boswell - 1791 - 608 էջ
...alarming him. You have no bufmefs with confequences : you are to tell the truth. Befides, you are not fure what effect your telling him that he is in danger may have. It may bring his diftemper to a crifis, and that may cure him. Of all lying I have the greateft abhorrence at this,... | |
| James Boswell - 1791 - 608 էջ
...have no bufmefs with confequences: you are to tell the truth. Befides, you are not fure what effei5t your telling him that he is in danger may have. It may bring his diftemper to a crifis, and that may cure him. Of all lying I have the greatefl abhorrence at this,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 էջ
...alarming him. You have no bufinefs with confequences ; you are to tell the truth. Befides, you are notfure what effect your telling him that he is in danger may have. It may bring his diftemper to a erifis, and that may cure him. Of all lying, I have the greateft abhorrence of this,... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 էջ
...implied, to conr ceal it. Now what I ought to do for the authour, may I not do for myself ? But I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man, for...that may cure him. Of all lying, I have the greatest abhor-v rence of this, because I believe it has been frequently* practised on myself." I cannot help... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 562 էջ
...implied, to conceal it. Now what 1 ought to do for the authour, may I not do for myself? But I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man, for...to a crisis, and that may cure him. Of all lying, 1 have the greatest abhorrence of this, because 1 believe it has been frequently practised on myself."... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 550 էջ
...I oucht to do for the author, тчу I not do for myself ? But I deny the lawfulness of telling • lie to a sick man, for fear of alarming him. You have...Besides, you are not sure what effect your telling hinq that he is in danger may have. It may bring hi* distemper to a criéis. and that mey cure him.... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1825 - 612 էջ
...harmlessness of servants denying their masters, makes him an exception to this general rale. fulness of telling a lie to a sick man, for fear of alarming...business with consequences ; you are to tell the truth: " Leaving what the great moralist himself added on this subject, because it is not necessary for my... | |
| Amelia Alderson Opie - 1827 - 388 էջ
...inconveniences should be willingly suffered, that we may preserve it. I deny,' he observed further on, ' the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man, for...business with consequences ; you are to tell the truth.' " falsehood ; the effect of which, as Sir Joshua Reynolds observed to me, has been that all who were... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1827 - 280 էջ
...inconveniences should be willingly suffered, that we may preserve it. I deny,'; he observed further on, " the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man, for...no business with consequences ; you are to tell the truth.1'' Leaving what the great moralist himself added on this subject, because it is not necessary... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1828 - 296 էջ
...inconveniences should be willingly suffered, that we may preserve it. I deny," he observed further on, " the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sic.k man, for...business with consequences ; you are to tell the truth.' » Leaving what the great moralist himself added on this subject, because it is not necessary for my... | |
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