Social Statics: Or, the Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, and the First of Them DevelopedChapman, 1851 - 476 páginas |
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... society would even now begin to decay . It is required to reconcile these con- tradictory theories . - And this synonyme for " greatest happiness " - this " utility " -what shall be comprised under it ? The million would confine it to ...
... society would even now begin to decay . It is required to reconcile these con- tradictory theories . - And this synonyme for " greatest happiness " - this " utility " -what shall be comprised under it ? The million would confine it to ...
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... society . It needs ex- cite no surprise when legislation , based upon the theories thus elaborated , fails . Rather would its success afford matter for extreme astonishment . Considering that men as yet so im- perfectly understand man ...
... society . It needs ex- cite no surprise when legislation , based upon the theories thus elaborated , fails . Rather would its success afford matter for extreme astonishment . Considering that men as yet so im- perfectly understand man ...
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... bodies , " and that " the great stages of our progress are determined rather by the spontaneous workings of society , connected as they are with the progress of art and science , the operations of nature , and INTRODUCTION . 13.
... bodies , " and that " the great stages of our progress are determined rather by the spontaneous workings of society , connected as they are with the progress of art and science , the operations of nature , and INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... society is binding upon every part of it , " he implies the existence of some supreme power by which that " interest of the whole society " is to be determined . And elsewhere he more explicitly tells us , that for the attainment of a ...
... society is binding upon every part of it , " he implies the existence of some supreme power by which that " interest of the whole society " is to be determined . And elsewhere he more explicitly tells us , that for the attainment of a ...
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... society would quickly lapse into con- fusion . Clearly , therefore , a morality established upon a maxim of which the practical interpretation is questionable , involves the existence of some authority whose decision re- specting it ...
... society would quickly lapse into con- fusion . Clearly , therefore , a morality established upon a maxim of which the practical interpretation is questionable , involves the existence of some authority whose decision re- specting it ...
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