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One truth discovered is immortal , and entitles its author to be so : for , like a new
substance in nature , it cannot be destroyed . But Mr . Bentham ' s forte is
arrangement ; and the form of truth , though not its essence , varies with time and
...
One truth discovered is immortal , and entitles its author to be so : for , like a new
substance in nature , it cannot be destroyed . But Mr . Bentham ' s forte is
arrangement ; and the form of truth , though not its essence , varies with time and
...
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Perhaps the weak side of his conclusions also is , that he has carried this single
view of his subject too far , and not made sufficient allowance for the varieties of
human nature , and the caprices and irregularities of the human will . “ He has not
...
Perhaps the weak side of his conclusions also is , that he has carried this single
view of his subject too far , and not made sufficient allowance for the varieties of
human nature , and the caprices and irregularities of the human will . “ He has not
...
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The soul , by reason of its weakness , is an aggregating and an exclusive
principle ; it clings obstinately to some things , and violently rejects others . And it
must do so , in a great measure , or it would act contrary to its own nature . It
needs ...
The soul , by reason of its weakness , is an aggregating and an exclusive
principle ; it clings obstinately to some things , and violently rejects others . And it
must do so , in a great measure , or it would act contrary to its own nature . It
needs ...
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In ascertaining the rules of moral conduct , we must have regard not merely to the
nature of the object , but to the capacity of the agent , and to his fitness for
apprehending or attaining it . Pleasure is that which is so in itself : good is that
which ...
In ascertaining the rules of moral conduct , we must have regard not merely to the
nature of the object , but to the capacity of the agent , and to his fitness for
apprehending or attaining it . Pleasure is that which is so in itself : good is that
which ...
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Again , what would become of the Posthæc meminisse juvabit of the poet , if a
principle of fluctuation and reaction is not inherent in the very constitution of our
nature , or if all moral truth is a mere literal truism ? We are not , then , so much to
...
Again , what would become of the Posthæc meminisse juvabit of the poet , if a
principle of fluctuation and reaction is not inherent in the very constitution of our
nature , or if all moral truth is a mere literal truism ? We are not , then , so much to
...
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| Назва | The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits, William Hazlitt |
| Автор | William Hazlitt |
| Видання | 2 |
| Видавець | H. Colburn, 1825 |
| Оригінал із | Оксфордський університет |
| Оцифровано | 12 лип. 2007 |
| Обсяг | 408 стор. |
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