 | 1868
...God's law. He had thus described his theory : — " Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, Pain and Pleasure. It is...ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do They govern us in all we say ; in all we do ; in all we think : every effort we make to throw off our... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1869 - 423 σελίδες
...conseil que de son inte'iet.' — Ilelve'tius De F Esprit, discours ii. ' Nature has placed mankind uuder the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and...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... | |
 | John Frederick Denison Maurice - 1872
...passages of his Principles of Morals and Legislation. " Nature has placed mankind under the government " of two sovereign masters, Pain and Pleasure. It is..." the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to this " throne. They govern us in all we say, in all we do, " in all we think; every effort we make... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1872 - 175 σελίδες
...government "of two sovereign masters, Pain and Pleasure. It is LECT. II. (XV THE WORD ' CONSCIENCE'. " for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as..."the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to this "throne. They govern us in all we say, in all we do, "in all we think; every effort we make to... | |
 | 1872
...appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question. . . Nature has placed mankind under the governance of...to do, as well as to determine what we shall do." Mr. Bentham's naked vigour of statement seldom leaves much room for ambiguity, and the last sentence... | |
 | Henry Calderwood - 1872 - 277 σελίδες
...of actions. The phrase was first used by Priestley. ' Nature has placed Mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do.' — Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), 1. 1, Works, ed. by Bowring, 1.... | |
 | WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY,M.A - 1873
...conseilque de son interet.' — Helvetius-De V Esprit, discoursii. 'Nature has placed mankind tmder the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and...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... | |
 | Henry Calderwood - 1874 - 277 σελίδες
...of actions. The phrase was first used by Priestley. ' Nature has placed Mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do.' — Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), i. i, Works, ed. by Bowring, ii... | |
 | 1874
...and his school. His doctrine was, that " happiness is our being's end and aim." He maintained that " nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure; "* and that pleasure is the sole standard of right and wrong for all intelligent beings. How completely... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1876 - 378 σελίδες
...governance of two Mankind sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to ly'pSn and point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we pt IMU> shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes... | |
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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. 
