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1819 Aug. 13
On all the occasions here in question, as on all other
occasions, the one thing needful for a man to know is to know what will be
most conducive to his own happiness; to his own, and
on that account to the happiness of all such other persons
whose happiness is in any way at stake. So long In so far as this
point can be satisfactorily determined, whether to the of
conduct prescribed by that such regard to human happiness is that
one of the several appellations of pride, elevation of
mind, independence of mind, humility or
meanness, is but a question of words — a question concerning
the import of words — and as such, in so far as the other men's
afflictions of other men and influenced by their associations
with those words of no practical importance
The misfortune is that for example whatsoever
may be the influence of the of conduct in question is the
sum of happiness, if it be ever so beneficial, of
for example, on the want of your pursuing if it appears
to a man that the quality designated by the term
meanness may with propriety be ascribed to it. You will
in proportion to the degree of meanness in question, be hereby
rendered in the eyes of that man an object of
or contempt. him the call for engaging in a train of
such affording so little satisfaction as those which
have for their field subject the indeterminate and ever changing
signification of designation of moral qualities or
afflictions.
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1818]] |
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arthur wellesley, duke of wellington |
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