Βίας ἐρωτηθεὶς τὶ ἂν εἴη τῶν κατὰ τὸν βίον ἀφόβων εἶπεν ἀγαθὴ συνείδησις.Περίανδρος ἐρωτηθεὶς τὶ ἔστιν ἐλευθερία εἶπεν ἀγαθὴ ουνείδησις.Stobæus,Sermon, cvi.[298.1]Bentham said, “I am a selfish man, as selfish as any man can be; but in me somehow or other selfishness has taken the shape of benevolence” (Works, xi. 95). This is neither wit nor sense, but an affectation of humility of which one should have thought Bentham would not have been guilty.[300.1]The value of Mr. Austin’s work is more juridical than moral, and the ethical part of it is so entirely identical with Paley that for the purposes of the present survey it did not seem to demand special notice.[304.1]On the Different Species of Philosophy.[305.1]From a letter written in 1734.—Burton’sLife of Hume, i. p. 35. In Sect. I. of the “Inquiry into the Principles of Morals,” he says, “The ancient philosophers, though they often affirm that virtue is nothing but conformity to reason, yet in general seem to consider morals as deriving their existence from taste and sentiment.” This is directly contrary to the fact.[307.1]Sceptical Solutions of Sceptical Doubts.[307.2]On the different Species of Philosophy.[307.3]On Self-love.[309.1]Hume’s EssayOn some Verbal Disputes.[310.1]“There is no enthusiasm amongst philosophers.”—On Providence and a Future State.[319.1]Ferrier, Works by Grant and Lushington, vol. i. p. 116.[319.2]See the remarkable letter to Mure of Caldwell in Burton’s Hume, i. 162.[325.1]Introduction to the Principles of Morals, etc., chap. ii.[329.1][J. S. Mill died on the 8th of May 1873.][End of Footnotes]
Βίας ἐρωτηθεὶς τὶ ἂν εἴη τῶν κατὰ τὸν βίον ἀφόβων εἶπεν ἀγαθὴ συνείδησις.Περίανδρος ἐρωτηθεὶς τὶ ἔστιν ἐλευθερία εἶπεν ἀγαθὴ ουνείδησις.Stobæus,Sermon, cvi.
Βίας ἐρωτηθεὶς τὶ ἂν εἴη τῶν κατὰ τὸν βίον ἀφόβων εἶπεν ἀγαθὴ συνείδησις.Περίανδρος ἐρωτηθεὶς τὶ ἔστιν ἐλευθερία εἶπεν ἀγαθὴ ουνείδησις.Stobæus,Sermon, cvi.
[298.1]Bentham said, “I am a selfish man, as selfish as any man can be; but in me somehow or other selfishness has taken the shape of benevolence” (Works, xi. 95). This is neither wit nor sense, but an affectation of humility of which one should have thought Bentham would not have been guilty.
[300.1]The value of Mr. Austin’s work is more juridical than moral, and the ethical part of it is so entirely identical with Paley that for the purposes of the present survey it did not seem to demand special notice.
[304.1]On the Different Species of Philosophy.
[305.1]From a letter written in 1734.—Burton’sLife of Hume, i. p. 35. In Sect. I. of the “Inquiry into the Principles of Morals,” he says, “The ancient philosophers, though they often affirm that virtue is nothing but conformity to reason, yet in general seem to consider morals as deriving their existence from taste and sentiment.” This is directly contrary to the fact.
[307.1]Sceptical Solutions of Sceptical Doubts.
[307.2]On the different Species of Philosophy.
[307.3]On Self-love.
[309.1]Hume’s EssayOn some Verbal Disputes.
[310.1]“There is no enthusiasm amongst philosophers.”—On Providence and a Future State.
[319.1]Ferrier, Works by Grant and Lushington, vol. i. p. 116.
[319.2]See the remarkable letter to Mure of Caldwell in Burton’s Hume, i. 162.
[325.1]Introduction to the Principles of Morals, etc., chap. ii.
[329.1][J. S. Mill died on the 8th of May 1873.]
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