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... happiness , and conceive that " to live well " or " to do well " is the same thing as " to be happy . " But as to what happiness is they do not agree , nor do the masses give the same account of it as the phi- losophers . The former ...
... happiness , and conceive that " to live well " or " to do well " is the same thing as " to be happy . " But as to what happiness is they do not agree , nor do the masses give the same account of it as the phi- losophers . The former ...
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... happiness more than anything else answers to this description . For happiness we always de- sire for its own sake and never as a means to something else , whereas honor , pleasure , intelli- gence , and every virtue we desire partly for ...
... happiness more than anything else answers to this description . For happiness we always de- sire for its own sake and never as a means to something else , whereas honor , pleasure , intelli- gence , and every virtue we desire partly for ...
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... happiness , but the greatest amount of happiness altogether ; and if it may possibly be doubted whether a noble character is always the happier for its nobleness , there can be no doubt that it makes other people happier , and that the ...
... happiness , but the greatest amount of happiness altogether ; and if it may possibly be doubted whether a noble character is always the happier for its nobleness , there can be no doubt that it makes other people happier , and that the ...
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Socratic Wisdom 2 Bertrand Russell The Value of Philosophy Suggestions for Further Reading Part II Philosophy of Religion Introduction Can we pr... | 1 |
A Critique of the Cosmological Argument | 2 |
The Watch and the Watchmaker | 3 |
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