 | 1883 - 644 σελίδες
...least, was satisfied with the general statement, when he gives, as the first sentence of his book: —" Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. A man may pretend to abjure their empire; but in reality he will remain subject to it all the while."... | |
 | James Martineau - 1885 - 560 σελίδες
...substantiate this statement. § 1. Expositions by Hobbes, Helvetius, Bentham, Mill. ] 'Nature,' says Bentham1, 'has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign...standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain |__pf cause and effect, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1885 - 514 σελίδες
...has placed,' he says at the outset, ' mankind under the government of two sovereign motives, rfjain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we should do. On the one hand, the standard of right and wrong; on the other, the chains of causes and... | |
 | William Leonard Courtney - 1886 - 406 σελίδες
...when applied to actions, simply means the tendency to promote happiness and to prevent misery.i For " Nature has placed mankind under the governance of...of causes and effects are fastened to their throne. — In words a man may pretend to abjure their empire, but in reality he will remain subject to it... | |
 | William Leonard Courtney - 1886 - 392 σελίδες
...when applied to actions, simply means the tendency to promote happiness and to prevent misery.1 For " Nature has placed mankind under the governance of...of causes and effects are fastened to their throne. — In words a man may pretend to abjure their empire, but in reality he will remain subject to it... | |
 | James Martineau - 1886 - 618 σελίδες
...substantiate this statement. § 1. Expositions by Hobbes, Helvdius, Bentham, Mill. ' Nature,' says Bentham \ ' has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign...standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of cause and effect, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all... | |
 | 1886 - 540 σελίδες
...to practice virtue must be the feeling of immediate, or the prospect of future private happiness." 6 Nature has placed mankind under the governance of...ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. The principle of utility recognizes this subjection, and assumes it for the foundation of that system,... | |
 | James Martineau - 1886 - 620 σελίδες
...this statement. § 1. Expositions by Hoboes, Helvelius, Bentham, M1ll. ' Nature,' says Bentham 1, ' has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign...is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, xs well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other... | |
 | George Hugh Smith - 1887 - 430 σελίδες
...pains Nature has placed men under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It ia for them alone to point out what we ought to do as...and wrong ; on the other, the chain of causes and effects—are fastened to their throne. We owe to them all our ideas, we refer to them all the judgments... | |
 | 1888 - 538 σελίδες
...can or could have," says Bentham, " a motive different from the pursuit of pleasure or shunning pain* It is for them alone to point out what we ought to...standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of cause and effect, are fastened to their throne."16 With these utilitarian views Mr. Spencer is in entire... | |
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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. 
