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... that Mr. Bentham has given any new or decided impulse to the human mind . He cannot be looked upon in the light of a discoverer in legislation or morals . He has not struck out any great leading principle or parent - 8 THE SPIRIT OF ...
... that Mr. Bentham has given any new or decided impulse to the human mind . He cannot be looked upon in the light of a discoverer in legislation or morals . He has not struck out any great leading principle or parent - 8 THE SPIRIT OF ...
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not struck out any great leading principle or parent - truth , from which a number of others might be deduced ; nor has he enriched the common and established stock of intelligence with original observations , like pearls thrown into ...
not struck out any great leading principle or parent - truth , from which a number of others might be deduced ; nor has he enriched the common and established stock of intelligence with original observations , like pearls thrown into ...
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Mr. Bentham is not the first writer ( by a great many ) who has assumed the principle of utility as the foundation of just laws , and of all moral and political reasoning : -his merit is , that he has applied this principle more closely ...
Mr. Bentham is not the first writer ( by a great many ) who has assumed the principle of utility as the foundation of just laws , and of all moral and political reasoning : -his merit is , that he has applied this principle more closely ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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The moralist can no more do without the intermediate use of rules and principles , without the ' vantage ground of habit , without the levers of the understanding , than the mechanist can discard the use of wheels and pulleys ...
The moralist can no more do without the intermediate use of rules and principles , without the ' vantage ground of habit , without the levers of the understanding , than the mechanist can discard the use of wheels and pulleys ...
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