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Every pleasure , says Mr . Bentham , is equally a good , and is to be taken into
the account as such in a moral estimate , whether it be the pleasure of sense or of
conscience , whether it arise from the exercise of virtue or the perpetration of ...
Every pleasure , says Mr . Bentham , is equally a good , and is to be taken into
the account as such in a moral estimate , whether it be the pleasure of sense or of
conscience , whether it arise from the exercise of virtue or the perpetration of ...
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... as the shoemaker of that which he has just taken off the last , or the Parisian
barber in Sterne , of the buckle of his wig . “ Dip it in the ocean , " said the
perruquier , " and it will stand ! " But we doubt the durability of our projector ' s
patchwork .
... as the shoemaker of that which he has just taken off the last , or the Parisian
barber in Sterne , of the buckle of his wig . “ Dip it in the ocean , " said the
perruquier , " and it will stand ! " But we doubt the durability of our projector ' s
patchwork .
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There is a little narrowness in this ; for if all the sources of satisfaction are taken
away , what is to become of utility itself ? It is , indeed , the great fault of this able
and extraordinary man , that he has concentrated his faculties and feelings too ...
There is a little narrowness in this ; for if all the sources of satisfaction are taken
away , what is to become of utility itself ? It is , indeed , the great fault of this able
and extraordinary man , that he has concentrated his faculties and feelings too ...
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Truth , moral truth , it was supposed , had here taken up its abode ; and these
were the oracles of thought . “ Throw aside your books of chemistry , ” said
Wordsworth to a young man , a student in the Temple , “ and read Godwin on
Necessity .
Truth , moral truth , it was supposed , had here taken up its abode ; and these
were the oracles of thought . “ Throw aside your books of chemistry , ” said
Wordsworth to a young man , a student in the Temple , “ and read Godwin on
Necessity .
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No one denied or distrusted this principle ( before his time ) as the absolute judge
and interpreter in all questions of difficulty ; and if this is no longer the case , it is
because he has taken this principle , and followed it into its remotest ...
No one denied or distrusted this principle ( before his time ) as the absolute judge
and interpreter in all questions of difficulty ; and if this is no longer the case , it is
because he has taken this principle , and followed it into its remotest ...
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