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The rules for making our thoughts subservient to our happiness are two
1 To exclude such thoughts as are painful &
2 To introduce such as are pleasurable.
Of The thoughts whose object is to influence action it is not intended here to treat will engage our attention elsewhere.
They belong to the head of means – selecting prudence – Such are the thoughts which
review past life with a reference to future conduct.

The first teaching lesson then of self-regarding prudence in the
management of the thoughts is negative – it teaches the avoidance of
thoughts which bring self-annoyance with them. The next Law is
positive – and encourages those thoughts which self gratification
attacks. In both cases prudence requires that the rejection of
painful, – and the creation of pleasurable thoughts – should not be
accomplished by the sacrifice visitation of a greater pleasure pain than that obtained avoided,
or the visitation sacrifice of a greater pain pleasure than that avoided obtained

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Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	387a "a" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 387.	Info in main headings field
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Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f64
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks
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