Of Refinement in the Arts (1777) [ Concepts ]
… happiness. In times when industry and the arts flourish, men are kept in perpetual occupation, and enjoy, as their reward, the occupation itself, as well as those pleasures which are the fruit of their labour. The mind acquires new … from Guicciardin, that for some years it was not able to make so great an effort. The late king of France, in time of war, kept in pay above 400,00; though from Mazarine's death to his own, he was engaged in a course of wars that lasted near thirty years. This industry is much promoted by the knowledge inseparable from ages of art and …
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