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formed — His list of the causes of misconduct especially in<lb/> | formed — His list of the causes of misconduct especially in<lb/> | ||
public men is as profoundly philosophical, — as it is sagaciously<lb/> | public men is as profoundly philosophical, — as it is sagaciously<lb/> | ||
observant. | observant. Sinister interest — interest-begotten prejudice —<lb/> | ||
authority-begotten prejudice — & primæval or inbred weakness —<lb/> | authority-begotten prejudice — & primæval or inbred weakness —<lb/> | ||
in these he saw, — & in these all men may see the sources<lb/> | in these he saw, — & in these all men may see the sources<lb/> | ||
of human infirmity.</p> | of human infirmity.</p> | ||
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Helvetius thus applied the principle of utility<lb/> | |||
to practical use, — to the direction of human conduct in the<lb/> | |||
ordinary course of life. On that airy nothing — happiness— he<lb/> | |||
<del>gave</del> <add>conferred</add> a substantial existence by identifying it with pleasures<lb/> | |||
to which he gave "a local habitation & a name." He made<lb/> | |||
Utility pregnant with <del>ideas of</del> pleasure, — & thus it gave<lb/> | |||
birth to <del>ideas of</del> ideas in abundance — ideas of a positive &<lb/> | |||
intelligible character, — ideas so <del><gap/></del> <add>successfully elicited so</add> attractively presented, <del>so<lb/> | |||
successfully</del> that they could not but be continually present<lb/> | |||
& familiar to the most inattentive, — unobservant &<lb/> | |||
scantily-instructed minds.</p> | |||
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is absolutely essential to any thing like a right estimate of
conduct or character. And of showing the subserviency of opinion
to interest he demonstrated not only that the opinions publicly
advocated were subservient, but those privately & even clandestinely
formed — His list of the causes of misconduct especially in
public men is as profoundly philosophical, — as it is sagaciously
observant. Sinister interest — interest-begotten prejudice —
authority-begotten prejudice — & primæval or inbred weakness —
in these he saw, — & in these all men may see the sources
of human infirmity.
Helvetius thus applied the principle of utility
to practical use, — to the direction of human conduct in the
ordinary course of life. On that airy nothing — happiness— he
gave conferred a substantial existence by identifying it with pleasures
to which he gave "a local habitation & a name." He made
Utility pregnant with ideas of pleasure, — & thus it gave
birth to ideas of ideas in abundance — ideas of a positive &
intelligible character, — ideas so successfully elicited so attractively presented, so
successfully that they could not but be continually present
& familiar to the most inattentive, — unobservant &
scantily-instructed minds.
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