Men often, from infirmity of character, make their election for the nearer good, though they know it to be the less valuable; and this no less when the choice is between two bodily pleasures, than when it is between bodily and mental. They pursue sensual... Advanced Manual of Latin Prose Composition - Page 264by B. D. Turner - 1893 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1861 - 882 pages
...no less when the choice is between two bodily pleasures, than when it is between bodily and meutaL They pursue sensual indulgences to the injury of health,...believe that those who undergo this very common change, voluntarily choose the lower de396 Quality and Quantity of Pleasures. 397 scription of pleasures in... | |
| John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1863 - 120 pages
...good, though they know it to be the less valuable ; and this no less when the choice is between two bodily pleasures, than when it is between bodily and...believe that those who undergo this very common change, voluntarily choose the lower description of pleasures in preference to the higher. I believe that before... | |
| John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1864 - 108 pages
...good, though they know it to be the less valuable ; and this no less when the choice is between two bodily pleasures, than when it is between bodily and...not believe that those who undergo this very common chatnge, voluntarily choose the lower description of pleasures in preference to the higher. I believe... | |
| John Stuart Mill - History - 1864 - 406 pages
...good, though they know it to be the less valuable, and this no less when the choice is between two bodily pleasures than when it is between bodily and...injury of health, though perfectly aware that health ia the greater good. It may be further objected, that many who begin with youthful enthusiasm for every... | |
| 1879 - 736 pages
...feelings are very apt to be killed ofF by the chilly realities of life. " Many," he says (p. 14), " who begin with youthful enthusiasm for everything...believe that those who undergo this very common change, voluntarily ' Italicised by the present writer. VOL. XXXVI. MM choose the lower description ot' pleasure... | |
| John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1867 - 132 pages
...good, though they know it to be the less valuable ; and this no less when the choice is between two bodily pleasures, than when it is between bodily and...believe that those who undergo this very common change, voluntarily choose the lower description of pleasures in preference to the higher. I believe that before... | |
| John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1871 - 136 pages
...good, though they know it to be • the less valuable ; and this no less when the choice is between two bodily pleasures, than when it is between bodily and...objected, that many who begin with youthful enthusiasm for every. thing noble, as they advance in years sink into indolence and selfishness. But I do not believe... | |
| Literature - 1872 - 848 pages
...it to be the less valuable ; and this no less when the choice is between two bodily pleasures .... They pursue sensual indulgences to the injury of health,...perfectly aware that health is the greater good." I confess that I cannot reconcile this sentence with the one previously quoted from the same author.... | |
| John Stuart Mill - History - 1873 - 410 pages
...good, though they know it to be the less valuable, and this no less when the choice is between two bodily pleasures than when it is between bodily and...objected, that many who begin with youthful enthusiasm for every thing noble, as they advance in years sink into indolence and selfishness. But I do not believe... | |
| John Stuart Mill - History - 1873 - 408 pages
...less when the choice is between two bodily pleasures than when it is between bodily and mental. Thev pursue sensual indulgences to the injury of health,...objected, that many who begin with youthful enthusiasm for every thing noble, as they advance in years sink into indolence and selfishness. But I do not believe... | |
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