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Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government. ... - Page 58
by Charles Tennant - 1864 - 463 pages
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 64

1861 - 882 pages
...both, do give a most marked preference to the manner of existence which employs their higher faculties. Few human creatures would consent to be changed into...the fullest allowance of a beast's pleasures : no iutelligent human being •would consent to be a fool, no instructed person would be an ignoramus,...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 8

English periodicals - 1863 - 532 pages
...preference to the manner " of existence which employs their " highest faculties. Few human beings " would consent to be changed into " any of the lower animals for the " fullest allowance of a beast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool;...
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A Book of Thoughts. [Selections from English, French and German authors.] By ...

Book, H. A. - 1865 - 184 pages
...marked preference to the manner of existence which employs their highest faculties. Few human beings would consent to be changed into any of the lower animals for the fullest allowance of a beast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 36

1879 - 736 pages
...anv quantity of a lower feeling. Few human creatures, he holds, would con-.«nt to be chaagvd icto any of the lower animals for a promise of the fullest...feeling and conscience would be selfish and base, and so forth. Mill, in fact, treats us to a good deal of what Paley so cynicallv called the " usual...
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L'Année philosophique: études critiques sur le mouvement des idées générales ...

Philosophy - 1868 - 612 pages
...both, do give a most marked preference to the manner of existence which employs their higher faculties. Few human creatures would consent to be changed into...animals, for a promise of the fullest allowance of a boast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool, no instructed person would...
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The British Quarterly Review, Volume 50

Henry Allon - Christianity - 1869 - 644 pages
...both, do give a most marked preference to the manner of existence which employs their higher faculties. Few human creatures would consent to be changed into any of the lower nuimals for a promise of the fullest allowance of a beast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being...
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A Book of Golden Thoughts

Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...marked preference to the manner of existence which employs their highest faculties. Few human beings would consent to be changed into any of the lower animals for the fullest allowance ot a beast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool...
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A Book of Golden Thoughts

Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...marked preference to the manner of existence which employs their highest faculties. Few human beings would consent to be changed into any of the lower animals for the fullest allowance of a beast's pleasures; \ no intelligent human being would consent to: be a fool;...
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Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and ..., Volume 3

John Stuart Mill - History - 1873 - 408 pages
...both do give a most marked preference to the manner of existence which employs their higher faculties. Few human creatures would consent to be changed into...person of feeling and conscience would be selfish and hase, even though they should be persuaded that the fool, the dunce, or the rascal is better satisfied...
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Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and ..., Volume 3

John Stuart Mill - History - 1874 - 404 pages
...both do give a most marked preference to the manner of existence which employs their higher faculties. Few .human creatures would consent to be changed into...pleasures : no intelligent human being would consent to be :i fool, no instructed person would be an ignoramus, no person of feeling and conscience would be selfish...
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