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It was in 1785 that Paley published his Elements of<lb/> | |||
Moral & Political Philosophy. He mentions the principle of utility<lb/> | |||
but seems to have no idea of its bearing upon happiness. And if<lb/> | |||
he had any such idea he was the last man to give expression<lb/> | |||
to it. He wrote for the youth of Cambridge, - of one of the Colleges<lb/> | |||
of which he was tutor. In that meridian eyes were not strong<lb/> | |||
enough nor did he desire they should be strong enough to<lb/> | |||
endure the light from the orb of Utilitarian felicity. Insincere<lb/> | |||
himself, - & the bold, - self-declared advocate of insincerity - what<lb/> | |||
could be expected from his courage or his virtue? Over his bottle<lb/> | |||
those who knew him, - knew that he was the self-avowed<lb/> | |||
lover & champion of corruption - rich enough to keep an<lb/> | |||
equipage - but not (as he himself declared) to "keep a conscience" - <lb/> | |||
For the remaining twenty years of his life, - his book was<lb/> | |||
the text-book of the Universities - but he left the Utilitarian<lb/> | |||
Controversy as he found it - not <del><gap/></del> even honoring the<lb/> | |||
all-beneficent principle with <add>an additional</add> passing notice.</p> | |||
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It was in 1785 that Paley published his Elements of
Moral & Political Philosophy. He mentions the principle of utility
but seems to have no idea of its bearing upon happiness. And if
he had any such idea he was the last man to give expression
to it. He wrote for the youth of Cambridge, - of one of the Colleges
of which he was tutor. In that meridian eyes were not strong
enough nor did he desire they should be strong enough to
endure the light from the orb of Utilitarian felicity. Insincere
himself, - & the bold, - self-declared advocate of insincerity - what
could be expected from his courage or his virtue? Over his bottle
those who knew him, - knew that he was the self-avowed
lover & champion of corruption - rich enough to keep an
equipage - but not (as he himself declared) to "keep a conscience" -
For the remaining twenty years of his life, - his book was
the text-book of the Universities - but he left the Utilitarian
Controversy as he found it - not even honoring the
all-beneficent principle with an additional passing notice.
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