| 1795 - 612 pages
...it : « Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two fovereign mafters, fa;a and ffeaj'urc. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we (hail do. On the one hand ihr ftandard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of caufes and effects,... | |
| William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1809 - 532 pages
...dans ses jugements conseil que de son inte're't.' — Helve'tius De V Esprit, discours ii , ' Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign...ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. . . . The principle of utility recognises this subjection, and assumes it for the foundation of that... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - 1823 - 332 pages
...sovereign masters, pain and iwp'rin'a'n pleasure. It is for them atone to point out what Pfeasure. we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall...causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think : every effort we can make to throw off... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - 1823 - 326 pages
...sovereign masters, pain and fypea™e^n pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what pleasure. we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall...causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think : every effort we can make to throw off... | |
| Robert Blakey - 1833 - 378 pages
...paragraphs of his " Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation," he maintains that "Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign...of causes and effects are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think ; every effort we can make to throw off... | |
| 1833 - 492 pages
...two masters govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think. It is for these sovereign masters to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. This their authority is secured in and by our very nature as sentient beings. Sentient beings are impelled... | |
| 1833 - 490 pages
...comprehensive view of the great practical principle which directed all Mr. Bentham's efforts. " Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, Pain and Pleasure : these two masters govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think. It is for these sovereign... | |
| 1833 - 490 pages
...comprehensive view of the great practical principle which directed all Mr. Bentham's efforts. " Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, Pain and Pleasure : these two masters govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think. It is for these sovereign... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - 1838 - 334 pages
...INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND LEGISLATION. CHAPTER I. Or THE PRINCIPLE OP UTILITY. UATDEE has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign...causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off... | |
| Thomas Browne Browne - 1838 - 274 pages
...religion. He begins his " Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation" thus: — " Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign...to do, as well as to determine what we shall do." * It cannot fail to strike every reader of common intelligence, that, in thus dogmatically laying the... | |
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