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" NATURE has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other... "
The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the Best Authors - Page 43
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 16

1795 - 612 pages
...chain of caufes and effects, are fattened to their throne. They govern its in all we do, in all we fay, in all we think : every effort we can make to throw off our fubjection, will ferve but to demonstrate and confirm it. Jn words a man may pretendió abjure their...
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An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, Volume 1

Jeremy Bentham - 1823 - 326 pages
...well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their...our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. In words a man may pretend to abjure their empire: but in reality he will remain subject...
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An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, Volume 1

Jeremy Bentham - 1823 - 332 pages
...well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their...our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. In words a man may pretend to abjure their empire: but in reality he will remain subject...
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The History of Moral Science, Volume 2

Robert Blakey - 1833 - 378 pages
...well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand, the standard of right and wrong, on the other, the chain of causes and effects are fastened to their...our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. In words, a man may pretend to abjure their empire, but in reality he will remain subject...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 17

1833 - 490 pages
...placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, Pain and Pleasure : these two masters govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think. It is for these sovereign masters to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary

1833 - 492 pages
...placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, Pain and Pleasure : these two masters govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think. It is for these sovereign masters to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we...
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The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected: Under the Superintendence ...

Jeremy Bentham - 1838 - 334 pages
...well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their...we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve hut to demonstrate and confirm it. In words a man may pretend to abjure their empire : but in reality...
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The Reasoner, Volumes 7-8

1850 - 574 pages
...mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure — that these two masters govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think — that every effort we make to throw off our subjection to them will only serve to demonstrate and...
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Liberty and Necessity: In which are Considered the Laws of Association of ...

Henry Carleton - 1857 - 182 pages
...ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do ; they govern us in all we do, in all we say, and in all we think. Every effort we can make to throw off their subjection, will but serve to demonstrate and confirm it. In words we may pretend to abjure their...
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature ..., Volume 10

1858 - 456 pages
...well as to determine what we shall do: on the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their...off our subjection will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. In words a man may pretend to abjure their empire, but in reality he will remain subject...
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