Of National Characters (1748) [ Concepts ]
… judgments: Though at the same time, they allow, that each nation has a peculiar set of manners, and that some particular qualities are more frequently to be met with among one people than among their neighbours. The common people in … climate, which are supposed to work insensibly on the temper, by altering the tone and habit of the body, and giving a particular complexion, which, though reflection and reason may sometimes overcome it, will yet prevail among the … to all its subjects, it must have a proportional effect on their temper and genius, and must banish all the liberal arts from among them. The same principle of moral causes fixes the character of different professions, and alters even …
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