A fragment on Mackintosh [by J. Mill] strictures on some passages in the Dissertation [on the progress of ethical philosophy].1835 |
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James Mill. A FRAGMENT ON MACKINTOSH : BEING STRICTURES ON SOME PASSAGES IN THE DISSERTATION BY SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH , PREFIXED TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA . LONDON : PRINTED BAN AND CRADOCK , OW . 88 C. BALDWIN , PRINTER , NEW BRIDGE ...
James Mill. A FRAGMENT ON MACKINTOSH : BEING STRICTURES ON SOME PASSAGES IN THE DISSERTATION BY SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH , PREFIXED TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA . LONDON : PRINTED BAN AND CRADOCK , OW . 88 C. BALDWIN , PRINTER , NEW BRIDGE ...
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James Mill. mind should be set right ; and they were among the passages which furnished the most instructive specimens of the vices in Sir James's mode of writing , from which it were good that future writers should , by dread of ...
James Mill. mind should be set right ; and they were among the passages which furnished the most instructive specimens of the vices in Sir James's mode of writing , from which it were good that future writers should , by dread of ...
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James Mill. those who may deem the following pages worthy of their attention , to carry their perusal regularly from beginning to end ; as part of what is neces- sary for the elucidation of the subsequent passages will often be found to ...
James Mill. those who may deem the following pages worthy of their attention , to carry their perusal regularly from beginning to end ; as part of what is neces- sary for the elucidation of the subsequent passages will often be found to ...
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affirmation agent Andrew Fletcher appetite Aristotle association beneficial benevolence Bentham Butler called cause ciple command conscience consequences considered contemplation courage cultivate delight disapprobation dispositions and actions doctrine evil expression fact gives grand class gratification habits happiness Helvetius Hobbes Hobbes's human nature idea immoral important imputation interest jurisprudence law of nature leading to voluntary Leibnitz man's mankind mental dispositions leading Mill mind moral acts moral approbation moral sense moral sentiments motive never opinion pains passions philosophers pleasure praise precede the act principle of utility produce proposition prudence question racter reader reason regard sake says Sir James self-love selfish senti sentimental philosophy sentiments which precede shew Sir James goes Sir James means Sir James says Sir James tells Sir James's social affections sort talk tendency theory thing tion truth virtue virtuous feeling volition voluntary actions voluntary acts words wrong καὶ
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