Even if we give Turgot the benefit of the doubt whether he intended to describe more than the progress of the human intelligence, or the knowing part of the mind, the omission of the whole moral side is still a defect.
Morley critiques Turgot's historical analysis for neglecting the moral dimensions of human progress.
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