An Essay on the Principles of Human Action: Being an Argument in Favour of the Natural Disinterestedness of the Human Mind. To which are Added, Some Remarks on the Systems of Hartley and Helvetius |
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... suppose that the love of happiness or good should prompt any being to give up his own interest for the sake of another , as it would be to at- tempt to allay violent thirst by giving water to another to drink . Now I can conceive that a ...
... suppose that the love of happiness or good should prompt any being to give up his own interest for the sake of another , as it would be to at- tempt to allay violent thirst by giving water to another to drink . Now I can conceive that a ...
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... suppose it to act before it exists , which is absurd . For there is no faculty in the mind by which future im- pressions can excite in it a presentiment of themselves in the same way that past impressions act upon it by means of me ...
... suppose it to act before it exists , which is absurd . For there is no faculty in the mind by which future im- pressions can excite in it a presentiment of themselves in the same way that past impressions act upon it by means of me ...
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... suppose that it can have a real interest in any such object directly whether relating to ourselves , or others ( this has been I trust sufficiently shewn already ) : neither can the reality of my future interest in any object give me a ...
... suppose that it can have a real interest in any such object directly whether relating to ourselves , or others ( this has been I trust sufficiently shewn already ) : neither can the reality of my future interest in any object give me a ...
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... suppose the mind to have at- tained an indefinite power of abstraction It seems most reasonable to suppose that our feelings differ in their nature according to the nature of the objects by which they are excited , though not neces ...
... suppose the mind to have at- tained an indefinite power of abstraction It seems most reasonable to suppose that our feelings differ in their nature according to the nature of the objects by which they are excited , though not neces ...
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... suppose that the mind is originally determined in it's choice of good and re- jection of evil solely by a regard to self is to suppose a state of indifference to both , which would make the existence of such a feeling as self - interest ...
... suppose that the mind is originally determined in it's choice of good and re- jection of evil solely by a regard to self is to suppose a state of indifference to both , which would make the existence of such a feeling as self - interest ...
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Page 73 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct, As water is in water. EROS. It does, my lord. ANT. My good knave Eros, now thy captain is Even such a body.
Page 72 - Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon 't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air : thou hast seen these signs ; They are black vesper's pageants.
Page 124 - The first foundation of friendship is not the power of conferring benefits, but the equality with which they are received, and may be returned.
Page 133 - There are moments in the life of a solitary thinker which are to him what the evening of some great victory is to the conqueror and hero — milder triumphs long remembered with truer and deeper delight. And though the shouts of multitudes do not hail his success, though gay trophies, though the sounds of music, the glittering of armour, and the neighing of steeds do not mingle with his joy, yet shall he not want monuments...
Page 224 - ... emanative sphere of our thoughts and feelings ; in other words, of our life. It is different in different persons, and in the same person at different times, as it is always in correspondence with our inward states. In all depressing mental conditions, as, for instance, in melancholy, this nimbus or sombre exhalation is to be removed by dispersive passes, which is one of the most effectual ways of changing the morbid mental condition of a patient, and of...
Page 205 - Quand les deux sensations à comparer sont aperçues, leur impression est faite, chaque objet est senti, les deux sont sentis, mais leur rapport n'est pas senti pour cela.
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Page 135 - ... shall bitterly regret my own folly and insensibility, I ought, as a rational agent, to be determined now by what I shall then wish I had done, when I shall feel the consequences of my actions most deeply and sensibly. It is this continued consciousness of my own feelings which gives me an immediate interest in whatever ,' relates to my future welfare, and makes me at all times accountable to myself for my own conduct. As, therefore, this consciousness will be renewed in me after death, if I exist...
Page 3 - The imagination, by means of which alone I can anticipate future objects, or be interested in them, must carry me out of myself into the feelings of others by one and the same process by which I am thrown forward as it were into my future being, and interested in it.
Page 204 - Apercevoir, c'est sentir; comparer, c'est juger; juger et sentir ne sont pas la même chose. Par la sensation, les objets s'offrent à moi séparés, isolés, tels qu'ils sont dans la nature; par la comparaison, je les remue, je les transporte pour ainsi dire, je les pose l'un sur l'autre pour prononcer sur leur différence ou sur leur similitude , et généralement sur tous leurs rapports. Selon moi la faculté distinctive de l'être actif ou intelligent est de pouvoir donner un sens à ce mot est.