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GOOD

Volume 2 · 96 words · 1771 Edition

general, whatever is apt to cause or increase pleasure, or diminish pain in us; or, which amounts to the same, whatever is able to procure or preserve to us the possession of agreeable sensations, and remove those of an opposite nature.

Moral Good, denotes the right conduct of the several senses and passions, or their just proportion and accommodation to their respective objects and relations. See Morals.

Good-Hope, or Cape of Good-Hope, the most southern promontory of Africa, where the Dutch have built a good town and fort: E. long. 16° and N. lat. 34° 15'.