Of the Standard of Taste (1757) [ Concepts ]
… to beauty and deformity of all kinds, even while their general discourse is the same. There are certain terms in every language, which import blame, and others praise; and all men, who use the same tongue, must agree in their application of … But we must also allow that some part of the seeming harmony in morals may be accounted for from the very nature of language. The word virtue , with its equivalent in every tongue, implies praise; as that of vice does blame: And no … tongue, must always be taken in a good sense; and it would have argued the greatest ignorance, not of morals, but of language, to have mentioned them with any epithets, besides those of applause and approbation. But would we know, whether …
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