 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1809 - 532 pages
...for the foundation of that system, the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and of law. Systems which attempt to question...instead of reason, in darkness instead of light.' — Bentham's Principles of Morals and Legislation, ch. i. ' By the principle of utility is meant that... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1823 - 332 pages
...for the foundation of that system, the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and of law. Systems which attempt to question...caprice instead of reason, in darkness instead of light. But enough of metaphor and declamation : it is not by such means that moral science is to be improved.... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1823 - 326 pages
...for the foundation of that system, the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and of law. Systems which attempt to question...caprice instead of reason, in darkness instead of light. But enough of metaphor and declamation : it is not by such means that moral science is to be improved.... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1833 - 378 pages
...foundation of that system, the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and law. Systems which attempt to question it, deal in...caprice instead of reason, in darkness instead of li CHAPTER XXVIII. i MR. WILLIAM GODWIN. AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING POLITICAL JUSTICE, AND ITS INFLUENCE... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1836 - 388 pages
...foundation of that system, the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and law. Systems which attempt to question it, deal in...instead of reason, in darkness instead of light." CHAPTER XXVIII. MR. WILLIAM GODWIN. AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING POLITICAL JUSTICE, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON MORALS... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1838 - 334 pages
...given, to this principle. VOL. I. the object of which is to rear the fabric of Felicity by the hands of reason and of law. Systems which attempt to question...caprice instead of reason, in darkness instead of light. But enough of metaphor and declamation : it is not by such means that moral science is to be improved.... | |
 | John Taylor - 1839 - 258 pages
...for the foundation of that system, the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and of law. Systems which attempt to question...caprice instead of reason, in darkness instead of light. The happiness of the individuals, of whom a community is composed, that is, their pleasures and their... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...for the foundation of that system, the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and of law. Systems which attempt to question...caprice instead of reason, in darkness instead of light. The happiness of the individuals, of whom a community is composed, that is, their pleasures and their... | |
 | Henry Carleton - 1857 - 182 pages
...but are in reality subject to it all the while ; systems which attempt to question it, deal in sound instead of sense; in caprice instead of reason; in darkness instead of light." And when anything is to be done, "there is nothing by which a man can be made ultimately to do it,... | |
 | 1858 - 456 pages
...for the foundation of that system the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and of law. Systems which attempt to question...instead of reason, in darkness instead of light." Pleasure and pain as our masters, which dictate our duty and enforce our obedience ; which teach us... | |
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The principle of utility recognises this subjection, and assumes it for the foundation of that system, the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and of law. Systems which attempt to question it, deal in sounds instead... 
