Controversial lettersA. Strahan, 1865 |
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... course of things . But , of course , I do not mean to deny what is obvious . It is physically conceivable that there may be brute force enough in a particular island ( say ) to chop up all the people who have hold of a particular truth ...
... course of things . But , of course , I do not mean to deny what is obvious . It is physically conceivable that there may be brute force enough in a particular island ( say ) to chop up all the people who have hold of a particular truth ...
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... because it is supposed to be for the happiness of mankind that such a sacrifice should be undergone ? Of course , if it could be proved that such a sacrifice was inimical to the general happiness , a question of 12 HENRY HOLBEACH .
... because it is supposed to be for the happiness of mankind that such a sacrifice should be undergone ? Of course , if it could be proved that such a sacrifice was inimical to the general happiness , a question of 12 HENRY HOLBEACH .
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... course of con- duct that brings him to the stake , is one thing ; the force , or motive , into which his opinion is sublimated for the purpose of self - sacrifice , is another . Therefore , although an atheistic martyr might say , " I ...
... course of con- duct that brings him to the stake , is one thing ; the force , or motive , into which his opinion is sublimated for the purpose of self - sacrifice , is another . Therefore , although an atheistic martyr might say , " I ...
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... course it may be said that all Evil is simply Pain . Physical evil is pain to my body - moral evil is pain to my conscience ; and it would be absurd not to admit that a man who is convinced that the greatest happiness principle is the ...
... course it may be said that all Evil is simply Pain . Physical evil is pain to my body - moral evil is pain to my conscience ; and it would be absurd not to admit that a man who is convinced that the greatest happiness principle is the ...
Strona 24
... course possible to introduce here a definition of the " higher pleasures " which shall exclude this dif- ficulty ; but , as I think , only upon condition that the definitory shall include something more than pleasure ; shall include the ...
... course possible to introduce here a definition of the " higher pleasures " which shall exclude this dif- ficulty ; but , as I think , only upon condition that the definitory shall include something more than pleasure ; shall include the ...
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