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... problems of Ethical Science ; to give an outline of discussion under each , allowing fundamental questions greatest prominence ; and to afford a guide for private study by references to the Literature of the Science . In order to secure ...
... problems of Ethical Science ; to give an outline of discussion under each , allowing fundamental questions greatest prominence ; and to afford a guide for private study by references to the Literature of the Science . In order to secure ...
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... Problems of Moral Life , 251 I. The Foundation of Virtue , 251 II . Relation of Divine Sovereignty to Free Will , III . Origin of Evil , . IV . The Future State . ( Immortality of the Soul ) , 253 256 259 262 264 · 265 267 APPLIED ...
... Problems of Moral Life , 251 I. The Foundation of Virtue , 251 II . Relation of Divine Sovereignty to Free Will , III . Origin of Evil , . IV . The Future State . ( Immortality of the Soul ) , 253 256 259 262 264 · 265 267 APPLIED ...
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... problems which transcend observation , while they rise out of it . Comte pleads for commencing our study in society , be- cause the laws of human conduct are best inferred from the actions of men in the mass ; Cours de Philosophie ...
... problems which transcend observation , while they rise out of it . Comte pleads for commencing our study in society , be- cause the laws of human conduct are best inferred from the actions of men in the mass ; Cours de Philosophie ...
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... . He treats of the problem ' concerning the general foundation of Morals ; whether they be derived from reason or from sentiment , whether we attain • the knowledge of them by a chain of argument 18 HANDBOOK OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY .
... . He treats of the problem ' concerning the general foundation of Morals ; whether they be derived from reason or from sentiment , whether we attain • the knowledge of them by a chain of argument 18 HANDBOOK OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY .
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... PROBLEMS .-— ( 1 . ) Indicate the grounds on which THE GOOD is not to be taken as affording a commencement for Ethical Enquiry . ( 2. ) Does the identification of pleasure with the good , in the Protagoras , rest on sufficient grounds ...
... PROBLEMS .-— ( 1 . ) Indicate the grounds on which THE GOOD is not to be taken as affording a commencement for Ethical Enquiry . ( 2. ) Does the identification of pleasure with the good , in the Protagoras , rest on sufficient grounds ...
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Page 129 - the doing good to mankind, in " obedience to the will of God, and for the " sake of everlasting happiness...
Page 19 - GEORGE WILSON, MD, FRSE, Regius Professor of Technology in the University of Edinburgh. By his SISTER. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. "An exquisite and touching portrait of a rare and beautiful spirit.
Page 129 - Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.
Page 129 - By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness.
Page 50 - The original of them all, is that which we call SENSE, for there is no conception in a man's mind, which hath not at first, totally or by parts, been begotten upon the organs of sense.
Page 129 - For there is no such finis ultimus (utmost aim), nor summum bonum (greatest good) , as is spoken of in the books of the old moral philosophers. Nor can a man any more live whose desires are at an end than he whose senses and imaginations are at a stand. Felicity is a continual progress of the desire from one object to another, the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter.