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Mr . Bentham is very much among philosophers what La Fontaine was among
poets : in general habits and in all but his professional pursuits , he is a mere
child . He has lived for the last forty years in a house in Westminster , overlooking
the ...
Mr . Bentham is very much among philosophers what La Fontaine was among
poets : in general habits and in all but his professional pursuits , he is a mere
child . He has lived for the last forty years in a house in Westminster , overlooking
the ...
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... and you will find in Mr . Bentham ' s general appearance a singular mixture of
boyish simplicity and of the venerableness of age . In a word , our celebrated
jurist présents a striking illustration of the difference between the philosophical
and ...
... and you will find in Mr . Bentham ' s general appearance a singular mixture of
boyish simplicity and of the venerableness of age . In a word , our celebrated
jurist présents a striking illustration of the difference between the philosophical
and ...
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Legislators ( we mean writers on legislation ) are philosophers , and governed by
their reason : criminals , for whose controul laws are made , are a set of
desperadoes , governed only by their passions . What wonder that so little
progress has ...
Legislators ( we mean writers on legislation ) are philosophers , and governed by
their reason : criminals , for whose controul laws are made , are a set of
desperadoes , governed only by their passions . What wonder that so little
progress has ...
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You may as well preach philosophy to a drunken man , or to the dead , as to
those who are under the instigation of any mischievous passion . A man is a
drunkard , and you tell him he ought to be sober ; he is debauched , and you ask
him to ...
You may as well preach philosophy to a drunken man , or to the dead , as to
those who are under the instigation of any mischievous passion . A man is a
drunkard , and you tell him he ought to be sober ; he is debauched , and you ask
him to ...
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It is a barbarous philosophical jargon , with all the repetitions , parentheses ,
formalities , uncouth nomenclature and verbiage of law - Latin ; and what makes
it worse , it is not mere verbiage , but has a great deal of acuteness and meaning
in it ...
It is a barbarous philosophical jargon , with all the repetitions , parentheses ,
formalities , uncouth nomenclature and verbiage of law - Latin ; and what makes
it worse , it is not mere verbiage , but has a great deal of acuteness and meaning
in it ...
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