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1829. June 2.

Article on Utilitarianism.

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Commencement of
In Helvetius' Esprit
commencement of
practical application

Not long before or after this time came out
in French the then and still so highly celebrated
work of Helvetius entitled "Sur l'esprit". In this
work a commencement was made of the application
of the principle of utility to practical use:— to the
direction of human conduct, in the ordinary course
of life: a connection was formed between the
idea attached to the word happiness and again
between the idea attached to the word happiness
and the ideas respectively attached to the words
pleasure & pain. To several pleasures whh.
as yet had been without a "local habitatn.
and a name" both those appendages were now
& thus attributed: attached to the words utility
& principle of utility were now ideas in abundance
— ideas which could not but be continually
present & familiar to the most inattentive unobservant
& scantily-instructed minds.

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For pains & pleasures
scanty stock of denominations
devised
by Helvetius

Mean time greatest as were its merits in
several important respects ample as was the contribution
made by it to the stock of substantial
and practical art & science scanty was still
the stock of denominations devised by the French
philosopher for the purpose of giving expressn.
to the various universally-experienced modifications
of pain & pleasure. To give to this stock if not
absolute completeness at any rate a degree of
plenitude not much short of it was reserved
for a later period, of which presently.

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Identifier: | JB/014/359/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 14.
Date_1	1829-06-02	Marginal Summary Numbering	3-4
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	359	Info in main headings field	article on utilitarianism
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e2 / f2
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	1828
Marginals	george bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	5122
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