Essays on some of the First Principles of Metaphysicks, Ethicks and TheologyMirror Office, 1824 - Всего страниц: 414 |
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... greatest sum of happiness is the highest possible good . For it is evident , by attending to the ideas the terms express , that an absolute good , increased to the greatest possible measure , is the highest possi- ble good . Greater ...
... greatest sum of happiness is the highest possible good . For it is evident , by attending to the ideas the terms express , that an absolute good , increased to the greatest possible measure , is the highest possi- ble good . Greater ...
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... sum of happiness existing in that society . And if the individuals possess as much happiness , as their natures will ... greatest happiness a society can possess , is its highest good . The greatest possible sum of happiness , there ...
... sum of happiness existing in that society . And if the individuals possess as much happiness , as their natures will ... greatest happiness a society can possess , is its highest good . The greatest possible sum of happiness , there ...
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... greatest sum of misery , is the greatest evil which can exist . That being , who is perfectly miserable , suffers the greatest possible evil . Now every one will grant , that pain is an absolute evil . And , as it is the direct opposite ...
... greatest sum of misery , is the greatest evil which can exist . That being , who is perfectly miserable , suffers the greatest possible evil . Now every one will grant , that pain is an absolute evil . And , as it is the direct opposite ...
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... greatest sum of happiness . Indeed it must be ob- vious to every person , who reflects candidly on the subject , that things are called good on account of their tendency . And if on account of their tendency , it must be for their ...
... greatest sum of happiness . Indeed it must be ob- vious to every person , who reflects candidly on the subject , that things are called good on account of their tendency . And if on account of their tendency , it must be for their ...
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... ultimate object or end of benevolence . ; We now ought to inquire , whether the greatest sum of hap- piness is not the highest good , which all ought to seek . It is generally granted , that the greatest good is the ultimate object of ...
... ultimate object or end of benevolence . ; We now ought to inquire , whether the greatest sum of hap- piness is not the highest good , which all ought to seek . It is generally granted , that the greatest good is the ultimate object of ...
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