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<note>Knowledge §</note> | <note>Knowledge §</note> | ||
<p>1. First then the spread of knowledge is not<lb/>mischievous upon the whole.<lb/></p><p>Some writers indeed have thought or appeared<lb/>to think that knowledge in general is a<lb/>bad thing: that the less men knew of things in <lb/>general the better: for that the less they knew<lb/>of things in general the less they would know of<lb/>those things which are apt to serve as inducements<lb/>to <sic>committ</sic>, or as the means of committing,<lb/>crimes. <note>That fanatics and<lb/> their leaders should<lb/>have thought so is of<lb/>course: there being<lb/>a strong and constant <add>natural</add><lb/>rivalry between the<lb/>knowledge of things<lb/>carnal and the knowledge<lb/>of things spiritual:<lb/>between the | <p>1. First then the spread of knowledge is not<lb/>mischievous upon the whole.<lb/></p><p>Some writers indeed have thought or appeared<lb/>to think that knowledge in general is a<lb/>bad thing: that the less men knew of things in <lb/>general the better: for that the less they knew<lb/>of things in general the less they would know of<lb/>those things which are apt to serve as inducements<lb/>to <sic>committ</sic>, or as the means of committing,<lb/>crimes. <note>That fanatics and<lb/> their leaders should<lb/>have thought so is of<lb/>course: there being<lb/>a strong and constant <add>natural</add><lb/>rivalry between the<lb/>knowledge of things<lb/>carnal and the knowledge<lb/>of things spiritual:<lb/>between the knowledge of things<lb/>existing <add>useful</add> and intelligible<lb/>and the knowledge of<lb/>things unexisting, useless<lb/>or unintelligible. But<lb/></note> Even amongst the bulk of men<lb/>this way of thinking is, I believe, not very<lb/>uncommon. <note>Qu. Postpone to the <lb/>examples what follows<lb/></note> Nor is it altogether to be <sic>wonder'd</sic> at:<lb/>for [the means of giving] a compleat detection<lb/>to the fallacy is hardly to be given without<lb/><del>a more compleat</del> <add>a truer and more <del>exact</del> precise</add> method of estimating the mischief<lb/>of an offence than has been hitherto<lb/>brought to view.<lb/></p>That crimes of ingenuity should <add>oftentimes</add> be worse<lb/>looked upon than crimes of ignorance, that is<lb/>than crimes of brute force <add>violence</add> , is not I say, to be<lb/><sic>wonder'd</sic> at. In general <add>in judging of the magnitude of crimes</add> it is the principle of<lb/><add>sympathy &</add> antipathy rather than that of utility that is<lb/>the immediate foundation of men's judgments.<lb/>Now <add>in forming any such judgment</add> it is the apparent depravity of the disposition<lb/>that <del>the</del> antipathy looks to and nothing <lb/><note>else</note><pb/> | ||
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Indirect Legislation
Knowledge §
1. First then the spread of knowledge is not
mischievous upon the whole.
Some writers indeed have thought or appeared
to think that knowledge in general is a
bad thing: that the less men knew of things in
general the better: for that the less they knew
of things in general the less they would know of
those things which are apt to serve as inducements
to committ, or as the means of committing,
crimes. That fanatics and
their leaders should
have thought so is of
course: there being
a strong and constant natural
rivalry between the
knowledge of things
carnal and the knowledge
of things spiritual:
between the knowledge of things
existing useful and intelligible
and the knowledge of
things unexisting, useless
or unintelligible. But
Even amongst the bulk of men
this way of thinking is, I believe, not very
uncommon. Qu. Postpone to the
examples what follows
Nor is it altogether to be wonder'd at:
for [the means of giving] a compleat detection
to the fallacy is hardly to be given without
a more compleat a truer and more exact precise method of estimating the mischief
of an offence than has been hitherto
brought to view.
That crimes of ingenuity should oftentimes be worse
looked upon than crimes of ignorance, that is
than crimes of brute force violence , is not I say, to be
wonder'd at. In general in judging of the magnitude of crimes it is the principle of
sympathy & antipathy rather than that of utility that is
the immediate foundation of men's judgments.
Now in forming any such judgment it is the apparent depravity of the disposition
that the antipathy looks to and nothing
else
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