Controversial lettersA. Strahan, 1865 |
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... principle is fixed upon must coincide with the principle of Utility , and mere logomachies are hateful . It matters little at what point I take up the discus- sion , and I think your footnote , referring to Mr Her- bert Spencer and his ...
... principle is fixed upon must coincide with the principle of Utility , and mere logomachies are hateful . It matters little at what point I take up the discus- sion , and I think your footnote , referring to Mr Her- bert Spencer and his ...
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... principles must be invariable . But this is not the only passage in your writings which seems to me to exclude the logical possibility of Ethics . In your magnificent work , " On Liberty , " ( I trust this one adjective may be pardoned ...
... principles must be invariable . But this is not the only passage in your writings which seems to me to exclude the logical possibility of Ethics . In your magnificent work , " On Liberty , " ( I trust this one adjective may be pardoned ...
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... principle is in the nature of an ideal , and since it can never be re- alised , can never be verified by experience . Nothing is a good to human beings but in so far as it is either in itself pleasurable , or a means of at- taining ...
... principle is in the nature of an ideal , and since it can never be re- alised , can never be verified by experience . Nothing is a good to human beings but in so far as it is either in itself pleasurable , or a means of at- taining ...
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... principle ? Even with respect to the self - sacrifice of affection , however , a distinction presents itself as requiring to be drawn . Not only is it true that in the rapture of the self - denial of love , no direct thought of the good ...
... principle ? Even with respect to the self - sacrifice of affection , however , a distinction presents itself as requiring to be drawn . Not only is it true that in the rapture of the self - denial of love , no direct thought of the good ...
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... principle . Suppose a martyr bound to the stake , and ready to give up his breath for a truth . Suppose it made known to him , ( or suppose him to be hallucinated into the belief , ) that the world will come to an end in five minutes ...
... principle . Suppose a martyr bound to the stake , and ready to give up his breath for a truth . Suppose it made known to him , ( or suppose him to be hallucinated into the belief , ) that the world will come to an end in five minutes ...
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