 ... a sense of dignity, which all human beings possess in one form or other, and in some, though by no means in exact, proportion to their higher faculties, and which is so essential a part of the happiness of those in whom it is strong that nothing which...  Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Page 370edited by - 1861Full view - About this book
 | 1861 - 882 pages
...form or other, and in some, though by no means in exact, proportion to their higher faculties, and which is so essential a part of the happiness of those...happiness — that the superior being, in anything lite equal circumstances, is not happier than the inferior — confounds the two very different ideas,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - History - 1864 - 406 pages
...form or other, and in some, though by no means in exact, proportion to their higher faculties, and which is so essential a part of the happiness of those...sacrifice of happiness ; that the superior being, in any thing like equal circumstances, is not happier than the inferior, — confounds the two very different... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1864 - 108 pages
...proportion to their higher faculties, and •which is so essential a part of the happiness of th6se in whom it is strong, that nothing which conflicts...that this preference takes place at a sacrifice of happiness—that the superior being, in anything like equal circumstances, is not happier than the... | |
 | Philosophy - 1868 - 612 pages
...one form or other, and in some, though by no means in exact proportion to their higher faculties, and which is so essential a part of the happiness of those...sacrifice of happiness — that the superior being, in any thing like equal circumstances, is not happier than the inferior — confounds the two very different... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1871 - 136 pages
...form or other, and in some, though by no means in exact, proportion to their higher faculties, and which is so essential a part of the happiness of those...circumstances, is not happier than the inferior — confounds $he two very different ideas, of happiness, and content. It is indisputable that the being whose capacities... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - History - 1873 - 408 pages
...that this preference takes place at a sacrifice of happiness; that the superior being, in any thing like equal circumstances, is not happier than the inferior, — confounds the two verv different ideas of happiness and content. It is indisputable, that the being whose capacities... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1897 - 600 pages
...Utilitarianism. Talking of those who prefer pleasures that "employ their higher faculties," Mill observes : " Whoever supposes that this preference takes place...anything like equal circumstances is not happier than the interior — confounds the very different ideas of happiness and content ". In my view, however, if... | |
 | Thomas Hill Green - Ethics - 1883 - 476 pages
...form or other, and in some, though by no means in exact, proportion to their higher faculties ; and which is so essential a part of the happiness of those...otherwise than momentarily, an object of desire to them '.' It appears from this passage that there is a motive, which has been variously described as ' pride,'... | |
 | Thomas Hill Green - Ethics - 1883 - 516 pages
...form or other, and in some, though by no means in exact, proportion to their higher faculties ; and which is so essential a part of the happiness of those...nothing which conflicts with it could be, otherwise than mqmentarily, an object of desire to them V It appears from this passage that there is a motive, which... | |
 | Jean-Marie Guyau - Ethics - 1885 - 456 pages
...appropriate appellation is a sense of dignity, \vhich ail humun beings possess in one form or other and which is so essential a part of the happiness of those in whom is strong, that wich conflicts with it could not be, otherwise than momenlarily, an object of desire... | |
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