The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible, is that people actually see it. The only proof that a sound is audible, is that people hear it ; and so of the other sources of our experience. In like manner, I apprehend, the sole evidence... John Stuart Mill: A Study of His Philosophy - Sida 183efter Charles Douglas - 1895 - 274 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| John Stuart Mill - 1874 - 404 sidor
...people actually see it ; the only , proof that a sound is audible, is that people hear it : ' and so of the other sources of our experience. In like manner,...apprehend, the sole evidence it is possible to produce thnt any thing is desirable, is that people do actually desire it. If the end which the utilitarian... | |
| Thomas Rawson Birks - 1874 - 348 sidor
...sources of our experience. In like manner, the sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything i& desirable is that people do actually desire it. If the end which the Utilitarian doctrine proposes were not, in theory and in practice, acknowledged to be an end, nothing could ever convince a person... | |
| 1882 - 528 sidor
...„Questious about euds are, in other words, questioiis what things are desirable The sole evidenee it (a possible to produce that anything is desirable, is that people do actually desire it." Anwendung einer allgemeinen Regel, auf Gutes und Böses reagire; ihre Widersacher hingegen behaupten,... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1882 - 444 sidor
...that a sound is audible, is that people hear it : and so of the other sources of our experience. _In like manner, I apprehend, the sole evidence it is possible to produce that any thing is desirable, is that people do actually desire it. If the end which the utilitarian doctrine... | |
| 1885 - 522 sidor
...from a logical point of view, testing it by the application of recognised forms of inference : — The sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything...is desirable, is that people do actually desire it. No reason can be given why the general happiness is desirable, except that each person, so far as he... | |
| 1890 - 72 sidor
...that people actually see it The only proof that a sound is audible, is that people hear it : and so of the other sources of our experience. In like manner,...desirable, is that people do actually desire it. If the «nd which the utilitarian doctrine proposes to itself were not, in theory and in practice, acknowledged... | |
| John Dewey - 1891 - 274 sidor
...proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it. In like manner the sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything...is desirable is that people do actually desire it." See Stephen, Science of Ethics, p. 42; Spencer, Data of Ethics, pp. 30-32 and p. 46; Lotze, Practical... | |
| John Dewey - 1891 - 300 sidor
...proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it. In like manner the sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything...is desirable is that people do actually desire it." See Stephen, Science of Ethics, p. 42; Spencer, Data of Ethics, pp. 30-32 and p. 46; Lotze, Practical... | |
| Daniel Rees - 1892 - 80 sidor
...that people actually see it. The only proof that a sound is audible, is that people hear it : and so of the other sources of our experience. In like manner,...is desirable is that people do actually desire it. Each person, so far as he believes it to be attainable, desires his own happiness. This being a fact... | |
| Frederick Ryland - 1893 - 264 sidor
...that people actually see it. The only proof that a sound is audible, is that people hear it : and so of the other sources of our experience. In like manner,...is desirable, is that people do actually desire it " ("Utilitarianism," pp. 52-53). Thus having proved that pleasure is desirable, he goes on to demonstrate... | |
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