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Duties of benevolence and respect. We ought to procure true goods for all men, not relative goods. How does a man acquit himself of the duties of benevolence? Unjust complaints of worldly people. The duties of respect ought to be proportioned to the share of power.
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Malebranche, N. (1993). Chapter Eight. In: Treatise on Ethics (1684). International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales D’histoire Des Idées, vol 133. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2480-5_22
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