Essays in Political and Moral PhilosophyHodges, Foster & Figgis, 1879 - 483 páginas |
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... less disrepute with moralists . They have almost universally assigned to it nearly the lowest place in the scale of human affections . We say of human affections , for it is one which distinguishes man from all other animals , however ...
... less disrepute with moralists . They have almost universally assigned to it nearly the lowest place in the scale of human affections . We say of human affections , for it is one which distinguishes man from all other animals , however ...
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... generally , only in its less civilized forms . For we may perceive , with the growth of European civiliza- tion , a marked decline in the taste of men for the display of 6 wealth on the body . A medieval baron was The Love of Money . 5.
... generally , only in its less civilized forms . For we may perceive , with the growth of European civiliza- tion , a marked decline in the taste of men for the display of 6 wealth on the body . A medieval baron was The Love of Money . 5.
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... less there , when one is used to them , than the stones upon the road . At the same time , we must admit that the shoemakers of mankind - and of womankind , too , we pre- sume - have left nothing undone to perpetuate a prejudice against ...
... less there , when one is used to them , than the stones upon the road . At the same time , we must admit that the shoemakers of mankind - and of womankind , too , we pre- sume - have left nothing undone to perpetuate a prejudice against ...
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... less the custom than in our time to draw from a model , have so generally given one uniform cast to their heads . The human figure had at that time reached no greater individuality . And the fact that this uniformity is still preserved ...
... less the custom than in our time to draw from a model , have so generally given one uniform cast to their heads . The human figure had at that time reached no greater individuality . And the fact that this uniformity is still preserved ...
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... less vulnerable body , than his ancestors , and with many more modes of turning to account his superior powers . The roads to eminence are more numerous ; there is a lane off them to every cottage ; and an ingenious boy of humble birth ...
... less vulnerable body , than his ancestors , and with many more modes of turning to account his superior powers . The roads to eminence are more numerous ; there is a lane off them to every cottage ; and an ingenious boy of humble birth ...
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Página 154 - ... greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
Página 154 - By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain; and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
Página 53 - All systems, either of preference or of restraint, therefore, being thus completely taken away, the obvious and simple system of natural liberty establishes itself of its own accord. Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to -pursue his own interest his own way, and to bring both his industry and capital into competition with those of any other man, or order of men.
Página 44 - Of two pleasures, if there be one to which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.
Página 45 - The heart knoweth its own bitterness ; and a stranger intermeddleth not with its joy.
Página 166 - The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often incumbers its operations...
Página 36 - And after more than two thousand years the same discussions continue, philosophers are still ranged under the same contending banners, and neither thinkers nor mankind at large seem nearer to being unanimous on the subject...
Página 32 - I have been told by an eminent bookseller, that in no branch of his business, after tracts of popular devotion, were so many books as those on the law exported to the plantations. The colonists have now fallen into the way of printing them for their own use. I hear that they have sold nearly as many of Blackstone's Commentaries in America as in England.
Página 44 - It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other party to the comparison knows both sides.
Página 55 - It is a manifest encroachment upon the just liberty both of the workman, and of those who might be disposed to employ him. As it hinders the one from working at what he thinks proper, so it hinders the others from employing whom they think proper.