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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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... 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 .
... 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 .
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ?
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 ?
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