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<p>The danger of putting forward any proposition<lb/> | |||
as a leading principle <add>other than that which would maximize felicity</add> consists in this — that if it coincide<lb/> | |||
with the greater principle it is supererogatory, — if it do not<lb/> | |||
coincide it is pernicious. Any principle that is not<lb/> | |||
subordinate to it may be opposed to it either diametrically<lb/> | |||
or collaterally. The ascetic principle if all-comprehensive<lb/> | |||
and consistent may be evidenced as one of direct opposition —<lb/> | |||
the ipse-dixit principle of all sorts may be ranked among<lb/> | |||
the indirect opponents. <foreign>Qui non sub me contra me</foreign> — He who<lb/> | |||
is not under me is against me, may be said with figurative<lb/> | |||
or metaphorical truth by the greatest happiness principle —<lb/> | |||
& with literal truth by every one of its partisans. And let<lb/> | |||
not this <del>result</del> <add>declaration</add> be taken as the result of arrogance of<lb/> | |||
disposition — it grows out of the nature of things, — & the<lb/> | |||
necessities of the case — Let it not be considered to bespeak<lb/> | |||
unkindness towards any advocate of the opposite opinions —<lb/> | |||
for such unkindness is neither its necessary, — nor even<lb/> | |||
its natural accompaniment.</p> | |||
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40
The danger of putting forward any proposition
as a leading principle other than that which would maximize felicity consists in this — that if it coincide
with the greater principle it is supererogatory, — if it do not
coincide it is pernicious. Any principle that is not
subordinate to it may be opposed to it either diametrically
or collaterally. The ascetic principle if all-comprehensive
and consistent may be evidenced as one of direct opposition —
the ipse-dixit principle of all sorts may be ranked among
the indirect opponents. Qui non sub me contra me — He who
is not under me is against me, may be said with figurative
or metaphorical truth by the greatest happiness principle —
& with literal truth by every one of its partisans. And let
not this result declaration be taken as the result of arrogance of
disposition — it grows out of the nature of things, — & the
necessities of the case — Let it not be considered to bespeak
unkindness towards any advocate of the opposite opinions —
for such unkindness is neither its necessary, — nor even
its natural accompaniment.
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sir john bowring |
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