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... happiness and misery ; and on which arise the august and sacred landmarks that stand conspicuous along the frontier between Right and Wrong . But however multiplied the connections of the moral and physical sciences are , it is not ...
... happiness and misery ; and on which arise the august and sacred landmarks that stand conspicuous along the frontier between Right and Wrong . But however multiplied the connections of the moral and physical sciences are , it is not ...
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... happiness is the essential charac- teristic of such actions . Mr. Bentham also contrasts the principle of Utility with that of Sympathy , of which he considers the Moral Sense as being one of the forms . It is needless to repeat , that ...
... happiness is the essential charac- teristic of such actions . Mr. Bentham also contrasts the principle of Utility with that of Sympathy , of which he considers the Moral Sense as being one of the forms . It is needless to repeat , that ...
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... happiness as the natural fruit of Virtue ; Aristotle oftener viewed Virtue as the means of attaining happiness . The cele- brated doctrine of the Peripatetics , which placed all virtues in a medium between op- posite vices , was ...
... happiness as the natural fruit of Virtue ; Aristotle oftener viewed Virtue as the means of attaining happiness . The cele- brated doctrine of the Peripatetics , which placed all virtues in a medium between op- posite vices , was ...
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... happiness , every act of virtue must be done in order to pro- mote the happiness of the agent . They and their modern followers tacitly assume , that the latter position is the consequence of the former ; as if it were an inference from ...
... happiness , every act of virtue must be done in order to pro- mote the happiness of the agent . They and their modern followers tacitly assume , that the latter position is the consequence of the former ; as if it were an inference from ...
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... happiness , perhaps by the faulty excess of treating it as an exclusive principle ; yet his doctrine was justly charged with indis- posing the mind to those exalted and gener- ous sentiments , without which no pure , elevated , bold ...
... happiness , perhaps by the faulty excess of treating it as an exclusive principle ; yet his doctrine was justly charged with indis- posing the mind to those exalted and gener- ous sentiments , without which no pure , elevated , bold ...
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Page 351 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 164 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. Both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 517 - Lighter than air, Hope's summer-visions die, If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of living light, And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest Where Virtue triumphs and her sons are blest ! FROM 'HUMAN LIFE.
Page 164 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 537 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Page 87 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 589 - Trouver une forme d'association qui défende et protège de toute la force commune la personne et les biens de chaque associé, et par laquelle chacun, s'unissant à tous, n'obéisse pourtant qu'à lui-même, et reste aussi libre qu'auparavant!
Page 205 - At this parliament Cardinal Wolsey found himself much aggrieved with the burgesses thereof; for that nothing was so soon done or spoken therein, but that it was immediately blown abroad in every alehouse. It fortuned at that parliament a very great subsidy to be demanded, which the cardinal, fearing would not pass the commons' house, determined, for the furtherance thereof, to be there present himself.
Page 232 - I do nobody no harm, I say none harm, I think none harm, but wish everybody good. And if this be not enough to keep a man alive, in good faith I long not to live.
Page 279 - Jotham of piercing wit, and pregnant thought, Endued by nature, and by learning taught, To move assemblies, who but only tried The worse awhile, then chose the better side, Nor chose alone, but turn'd the balance too, So much the weight of one brave man can do.