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 which he aw himelf placed. It was in conequence of a very wie Providence, that the Faculties, which he potentially enjoyed, were not to develop themelves but in proportion as there offered Occaions to exercie them, let they hould be uperfluous or troubleome to him when he did not want them, or tardy and ueles when he did. He had in his Intinct alone every thing requiite to live in a State of Nature; in his cultivated Reaon he has barely what is neceary to live in a State of Society.

It appears at firt Sight that, as there was no kind of moral Relations between Men in this State, nor any known Duties, they could not be either good or bad, and had neither Vices nor Virtues, unles we take thee Words in a Phyical Sene, and call Vices, in the Individual, the Qualities which may prove detrimental to his own Preervation, and Virtues