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... produce facts essen- tially different . 6. Knowledge of the moral qualities of actions is know- ledge of matters of fact . Of such knowledge there are three distinct forms . These are : -Sensation , knowledge of impres- sions made on ...
... produce facts essen- tially different . 6. Knowledge of the moral qualities of actions is know- ledge of matters of fact . Of such knowledge there are three distinct forms . These are : -Sensation , knowledge of impres- sions made on ...
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... producing it . The source of property is in the man himself . So it is with the source of truthfulness , temperance , bene- ficence . The moralist is ... produce . These being the facts , the principle which 32 HANDBOOK OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY .
... producing it . The source of property is in the man himself . So it is with the source of truthfulness , temperance , bene- ficence . The moralist is ... produce . These being the facts , the principle which 32 HANDBOOK OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY .
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Henry Calderwood. produce . These being the facts , the principle which decides rightness of acquisition is , that it is right in a man to use his powers for their natural ends . This principle comes from the depth of our nature ; it is ...
Henry Calderwood. produce . These being the facts , the principle which decides rightness of acquisition is , that it is right in a man to use his powers for their natural ends . This principle comes from the depth of our nature ; it is ...
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... produced by God in any other way than they have been . ' From these positions in Part I. , there necessarily follows , in Part II . , a view of the human mind directly contrary to Personality or self- originated activity . The human ...
... produced by God in any other way than they have been . ' From these positions in Part I. , there necessarily follows , in Part II . , a view of the human mind directly contrary to Personality or self- originated activity . The human ...
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... produce and sustain intellectual effort , some impulse is needed from ' lower but stronger propensities . ' ' The individual nature of man becomes lofty in proportion as incitement proceeds from propensities which are of a higher order ...
... produce and sustain intellectual effort , some impulse is needed from ' lower but stronger propensities . ' ' The individual nature of man becomes lofty in proportion as incitement proceeds from propensities which are of a higher order ...
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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.