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Epoch 1. Horace Satyr &
Utilitas "Sensus morique
repugnant atque ipsa
utilitas justi prope mater
et aequi" Instruction as
for

1. Epoch the first A few years before Christ. Earliest
known mention of the principle, or allusion to it, that
made by Horace in his Satyrs, Satyr the 3d Utilitas
After speaking of the doctrine attributed to the Stoicks, namely
that all mankind (peccata or are — stuck upon the same
level in the scale of ill desire or say in respect of the degree
of disapprobation with which they ought to be considered, speaking
of to this he says sensus morique repugnant
atque ipsa utilitas, justi prope mater et aeque: in
a state of repugnancy to this doctrine are the mens
feelings, thus customs, and utility herself, mother as she
may almost in a measure be said to be of justice and equity. Instruction
Instruction as far as it
goes correct in this observation
as far as it goes and even m notwithstanding correct in this
observation. By all True it is on this occasion by utility may have been
meant inclusiveness to an end whatsoever be that end: but on
this occasion there is but one end, namely that to which justice
and equity tend and are subservient — that is to say happiness
What it is more — another intimation conveyed by it is that
the idea of utility is the source from which one of justice and equity
are require to be will of clear and correct have been
deduced

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Epoch 2 Phoedrus
fables Nisi utile est
quod feceris stulte est gloria

2. Epoch the second. A few years before or after Christ.
Second known mention of or allusion to the principle, that made
by Phaedrus in his Fables. Nisi utile est quod feciris, stultu
est gloria: unless there is something of usefulness in what
you glor that mode of conduct for which glory is assumed
by you, foolish is the assumption foll foolishness is the assumption is a foolish one.
a quality which may well this the assumption

To J. B. I must beg of you to fill up this gap with matter
correspondent to that which is under the last preceding head.
I have no copy of Phadrus's
fables A
I suppose an Index Verborum, as that of Horace has. I an

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Date_1	1829-06-10	Marginal Summary Numbering	8-9
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	401	Info in main headings field	article
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Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
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Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	b&m 1829
Marginals	george bentham	Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1829
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