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... controversy respecting the criterion of right and wrong. From the dawn of philosophy, the ques tion concerning the summum bonum, or, what is the sa... ...f the matters in dispute—those believers in it who have any pretensions to philosophy, have been obliged to abandon the idea that it discerns what is ... ...tinguishing it from what it is not, and disposing of such of the practical objections to it as either originate in, or are closely connected with, mis... ...as (as they express it) no higher end than pleasure—no better and no bler object of desire and pursuit—they designate as utterly mean and grovelling;... ...nothing which conflicts with it could be, otherwise than momen tarily, an object of desire to them. Whoever supposes that this preference takes place... ...he question. The other party to the comparison knows both sides. It may be objected, that many who are capable of the higher pleasures, occasionally, ... ... though perfectly aware that health is the greater good. It may be further objected, that many who begin with youth ful enthusiasm for everything nob... ...tings of persons of the greatest pretensions both to high principle and to philosophy. We not uncommonly hear the doctrine of utility inveighed agains... ...? whence does it derive its binding force? It is a necessary part of moral philosophy to provide the answer to this question; which, though frequently...

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... published 1869 THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN BY JOHN STUART MILL CHAPTER I THE OBJECT OF THIS E SSAY is to explain as clearly as I am able grounds of an... ...e of the Holy Sepulchre. It could make kings relinquish wives who were the object of their passionate attach ment, because the Church declared that t... ...inst it should have been so numerous and so weighty as they are. Some will object, that a comparison cannot fairly be made between the government of t... ...us and active society organised and managed by women, for the more limited object of ob taining the political franchise. Nor is it only in our own co... ...is gift, or depending entirely on his will; and lastly, that the principal object of human pursuit, consideration, and all objects of social ambi tio... ...nk these shadows the proper objects of the highest, the most transcendant, philosophy. Hardly anything can be of greater value to a man of theory and ... ...nsider, can collect additional evidence; he is not obliged to complete his philosophy at once, lest the opportunity should go by. The power of drawing... ...e best conclusion possible from insufficient data is not indeed useless in philosophy; the construction of a provisional hypothesis consistent with al... ...ful basis for fur ther inquiry. But this faculty is rather serviceable in philosophy, than the main qualification for it: and, for the auxiliary as w...

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...brighter, I trust that these facts are symbolical of the height to which the philosophy and poetry and religion of her in habitants may one day soar.... ...he dweller within. The most tasteful front yard fence was never an agreeable object of study to me; the most elaborate ornaments, acorn tops, or what ... ...ose and Tr a y , the names of dogs. Methinks it would be some advantage to philosophy if men were named merely in the gross, as they are known. It w... ...ry that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy. It is the lighting up of the mist by the sun. Man cannot kno... ...ho loses no moment of the pass ing life in remembering the past. Unless our philosophy hears the cock crow in every barnyard within our horizon, it i... ...e grow ing rusty and antique in our employments and habits of thoughts. His philosophy comes down to a more recent time than ours. There is something...

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... are handsome, tractable, sensitive, graceful in speech and gesture. Their philosophy is joyous, art and science blossom among them, their treatment o... ...ou can burn peat in your stoves and build your sheds of stone. Oh, I don’t object, of course, to cutting wood from necessity, but why destroy the for-... ...ods or the birds or on women or on one another. VOITSKI. I don’t like your philosophy. HELENA. That doctor has a sensitive, weary face—an interesting ... ...is being lost forever—it is yours! What are you waiting for? What accursed philosophy stands in your way? Oh, understand, understand— HELENA. [Looking... ...e and then his be- loved—then she becomes his friend. VOITSKI. What vulgar philosophy! ASTROFF. What do you mean? Yes, I must confess I am getting vul... ... of a doctor, but mankind’s greatest benefactor. I evolve my own system of philosophy and all of you seem to crawl at my feet like so many insects or ... ...tly only take about ten or fifteen more years to complete. You may perhaps object that it is the march of progress, that the old order must give place... ...e so upset. I don’t pretend that my scheme is an ideal one, and if you all object to it I shall not insist. [A pause.] TELEGIN. [With embarrassment] I... ...ou! Confess that there is nothing for you to do in this world. You have no object in life; there is nothing to occupy your attention, and sooner or la...

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...with yours, you may enter our Brotherhood with profit. The first and chief object of our Or- der, the foundation on which it rests and which no human ... ...nd deed, imagined oppres- sors whose victims he would rescue. Of the three objects mentioned by the Rhetor, this last, that of improving mankind, espe... ... various knockings with mallets and swords. As he was being led up to some object he noticed a hesitation and uncertainty among his conductors. He hea... ... of those evils. To live for myself avoid- ing those two evils is my whole philosophy now.” “And love of one’s neighbor, and self-sacrifice?” began Pi...

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...utiful eyes, was de- lighted because Uncle Pierre as he called him was the object of his rapturous and passionate affection. No one had instilled into... ...rself a being accidentally forgotten in this world and left without aim or object for her existence. She ate, drank, slept, or kept awake, but did not... ...ly wanted a quiet life, the harsher your steward was the more readily your object might be attained,” he said to Nicholas. “Well, what does that lead ... ...attacking her brother. Her defense was weak and inapt but she attained her object. The conversation was resumed, and no longer in the unpleasantly hos... ...e frequently. A general does nothing but command the troops, indicates the objective, and hardly ever uses a weapon himself. The com- mander in chief ... ...will and inevitability does not exist as it does for theology, ethics, and philosophy. History surveys a presentation of man’s life in which the union... ...om- bined and what constitutes the essence of these two concep- tions, the philosophy of history can and should follow a path contrary to that taken b... ...n the old views and the new was long and stubbornly fought out in physical philosophy. Theology stood on guard for the old views and accused the new o... ...r destruction. To the men who fought against the rising truths of physical philosophy, it seemed that if they admitted that truth it would destroy fai...

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...ed it in his own practice to the most inscrutable of cryptograms. His true objective was the provision of a full, accurate, legible script for our nob... ...ing his mistrust, she shows him her handful of money]. Eightpence ain’t no object to me, Charlie. [He grins and opens the door]. Angel Court, Drury La... .... We’re supposed to be civilized and cultured—to know all about poetry and philosophy and art and science, and so on; but how many of us know even the... ...f art or science or anything else? What the devil do you imagine I know of philosophy? MRS. HIGGINS [warningly] Or of manners, Henry? THE PARLOR-MAID ... ...he face, I will, and not turn a hair. It’s making a gentleman of me that I object to. Who asked him to make a gentleman of me? I was happy. I was free... ...ining or any work. Not like Science and Literature and Classical Music and Philosophy and Art. You find me cold, unfeeling, selfish, don’t you? Very w... ...r his character if she did. 89 Shaw Not that the Wimpole Street bachelors objected. When she consulted them, Higgins declined to be bothered about he... ...ous way beginning to take care of itself. They had somehow forgotten their objections to employing other people. They came to the conclusion that thei...

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...ina? DORN. And yet another thing: every work of art should have a definite object in view. You should know why you are writing, for if you follow the ... ...s. You are satiated with life, and that is why you have an inclination for philosophy, but I want to live, and that is why I drink my wine for dinner ... ...our- self into the heart of that throng, and move with it with- out aim or object, swept along, hither and thither, their life seems to be yours, thei... ...ur, and always affect me deeply. It is only a pity that he has no definite object in view. He creates impressions, and nothing more, and one cannot go...

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...ry who never anywhere, even in exile, showed human dignity—Napoleon is the object of adulation and enthusiasm; he is grand. But Kutuzov—the man who fr... ...Tolstoy, who stood before him holding a silver salver on which lay a small object. Kutuzov seemed not to understand what was expected of him. Suddenly... ...ashed across his puffy face, and bowing low and re- spectfully he took the object that lay on the salver. It was the Order of St. George of the First ... ...et without upsetting the old man by informing him of the change. With this object his staff was gradually reconstructed and its real strength removed ... ...t was not clearly seen. And such had European life, politics, Freemasonry, philosophy, and philan- thropy seemed to him. But even then, at moments of ...

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...why he did not like Prince Andrew) and he referred to it contemptuously as philosophy and dreaminess, but in Princess Mary that very sor- 27 Tolstoy ... ...e the others was questioned as to who he was, where he had been, with what object, and so on. These questions, like questions put at trials generally,... ...ave them the right to demand answers to their questions, and that the sole object of that assembly was to inculpate him. And so, as they had the power... ...raveling, Princess Mary thought only of the journey itself, forgetting its object. But as she ap- proached Y aroslavl the thought of what might await ...

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...dies, from Antony and Cleopatra to Iris, are snares to poor girls, and are objected to on that account by many ear- nest men and women who consider Mr... ...that it meant destroying all that makes womanhood beautiful! VIVIE. I dont object to it on that score in the least. I shall turn it to very good accou... ...any grind when they can afford not to? I wish I had their luck. No: what I object to is their form. It isnt the thing: it’s slov- enly, ever so sloven... ..., come along and get it over. CROFTS [turning back toward the gate] Ive no objection. REV . S. Not that way. We go through the fields, if you dont min... ... the magazine here; and I am a dead shot at the present distance and at an object of your size. CROFTS. Oh, you neednt be afraid. I’m not going to tou... ...reaking my heart in turning your back on me? VIVIE. I recognize the Crofts philosophy of life, mother. I heard it all from him that day at the Gardner...

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...er master, who could send her wherever he liked, managed to accomplish his object. His wife found it out, and, catching Katusha and her husband in a r... ...tor and by both ad- vocates, the president invited the jury to examine the objects offered as material evidence. They consisted of an enormous diamond... ...hotel, and which was in the room occupied by him, 2,500 roubles, for which object she unlocked the portmanteau with a key she brought and fitted to th... ...’s weariness, were all tending to her condemnation, he longed to state his objections, yet dared not, lest his relations with Maslova should be dis- c... ... covered. He felt he could not allow things to go on with- out stating his objection; and, blushing and growing pale again, was about to speak when Pe... ...st into a merry laugh. “You do put strange questions. My dear sir, that is philosophy. Well, we might have a talk about that, too. Could you come on S...

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...onception of the other. VI. A true idea must correspond with its ideate or object. VII. If a thing can be conceived as non-existing, its essence does ... ...ey may attribute to substances the beginning which they observe in natural objects. Those who are ignorant of true causes make complete confusion—thin... ...n eternal truth. Further (in Prop. xix. of my “Principles of the Cartesian Philosophy”), I have proved the eternity of God, in another manner, which I... ...ifications of God, and nothing else. Proof—A true idea must agree with its object (Ax. vi.); in other words (obviously) that which is contained in the... ...his doctrine does away with the perfection of God: for, if God acts for an object, he necessarily desires something which he lacks. Certainly, theolog... .... Certainly, theologians and metaphysicians draw a distinction between the object of want and the object of assimilation; still they confess that God ...

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... THE RIGHTS OF THE SOVEREIGN POWER. Hitherto our care has been to separate philosophy from theol- ogy, and to show the freedom of thought which such s... ...d dictates of reason, for, as we said, they have men’s true good for their object. Moreover, everyone wishes to live as far as possible securely beyon... ... it does not, therefore, make a man a slave, 9 Spinoza all depends on the object of the action. If the object of the action be the good of the state,... ..., and do not rely on the compact, unless there is a suffi- ciently obvious object and advantage to both parties in ob- 11 Spinoza serving it. Otherwi... ...thout wrong, do injury to anyone, or live according to their desires. This objection, so far as the state of nature is concerned, can be easily answer... ...perience: for men have never so far ceded their power as to cease to be an object of fear to the rulers who received such power and right; and dominio... ...lying the dogmas of reli- gion to such an extent and so blending them with philosophy that their chief interpreter was bound to be a skilled philoso- ... ...efuse to allow religious dogmas to be unduly multiplied or confounded with philosophy. 54 A Theologico-Political Treatise – Part Four CHAPTER XX – TH...

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...nal logs and stems of trees that floated past, fulfilling their fate, were objects of singular in terest to me, and at last I resolved to launch myse... ...l with his dog, like statues under the other side of the heavens, the only objects to re lieve the eye in the extended meadow; and there would he sta... ...ld at least, like the life of the anchorite, be as impressive to behold as objects in the desert, a broken shaft or crumbling mound against a limitles... ...lf this advantage, and is thus dis tinct and unrelated to near or trivial objects, whether things or persons. On this same stream a maiden once saile... ...ttom merely; and so are there manifold vi sions in the direction of every object, and even the most opaque reflect the heavens from their surface. So... ...heir floating there was a beautiful and successful ex periment in natural philosophy, and it served to ennoble in our eyes the art of navigation; for... .... The matutine intellect of the poet, keeping in ad vance of the glare of philosophy, always dwells in this au roral atmosphere. As we said before, ... ...nipiseogee, one of the head waters of this river. It cannot but affect our philosophy favorably to be re minded of these shoals of migratory fishes, ... ... aright, methinks they would never read anything but poems. No history nor philosophy can supply their place. The wisest definition of poetry the poet...

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... to human life that few, if any, whether from sav ageness, or poverty, or philosophy, ever attempt to do without it. To many creatures there is in th... ...ture, or commerce, or literature, or art. There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers. Yet it is admirable to profess because it... ... it, than by a true utility. Let him who has work to do recollect that the object of clothing is, first, to retain the vital heat, and secondly, in th... ...t be wondered at, since, as far as I have heard or observed, the principal object is, not that mankind may be well and honestly clad, but, unquestiona... ...and it be the house that has got him. As I understand it, that was a valid objection urged by Momus against the house which Minerva made, that she “ha... ...either beautiful nor useful. Before we can adorn our houses with beautiful objects the walls must be stripped, and our lives must be stripped, and bea... ...merchant, and the farmer. Where is this division of labor to end? and what object does it finally serve? No doubt another may also think for me; but i... ...water. It was fit that I should live on rice, mainly, who love so well the philosophy of India. To meet the objections of some inveterate cavillers, I... ...g about the world in his own orbit, do ing it good, or rather, as a truer philosophy has dis covered, the world going about him getting good. When P...

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..., “Assur’d that to your eyes unveil’d shall shine The lofty light, sole object of your wish, So may heaven’s grace clear whatsoe’er of foam Float... ... learn. The natural still Is without error; but the other swerves, If on ill object bent, or through excess Of vigour, or defect. While e’er it seeks ... ...from him, Of whom they beg; but more to draw them on, He at arm’s length the object of their wish Above them holds aloft, and hides it not. The Divine... ...er May bloom, flush’d through many a hue, In prodigal variety: and there, As object, rising suddenly to view, That from our bosom every thought beside... ...ome So near them, that no lineament was lost Of those, with which a doubtful object, seen Remotely, plays on the misdeeming sense, Then did the facult... ...nd dancing. But he was luxurious and ambitious. Void of religion, and in his philosophy an Epicurean. See G. Villani l. vi. c. xlvii. and Mr. Matthias... ...tes Ignus habere solet. Palingenii Zodiacus Vitae, 1. xii. v. 26. A dame.] Philosophy. v. 49. Who mourn.] Matt. c. v. 4. v. 72. My soul.] Psalm... ...dered this an anticipation of a profound discovery of Galileo’s in natural philosophy, but it is in reality taken from a passage in Cicero “ de Sen...

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...he country. Education is not a thing apart from life—not a “system,” nor a philosophy; it is direct teaching how to live and how to work. To say that ... ...pton, and to save money to assist him in his expenses there. Both of these objects I was successful in accomplishing. In three years my brother finish... ...pose of regulating the conduct of the coloured people, especially with the object of preventing the members of the race from exercising any influence ... ...ly at night. They were, however, more cruel than the “pa- trollers.” Their objects, in the main, were to crush out the 55 Booker T. Washington politi... ...kind of garden vegetable that is raised anywhere in the country. Their one object seemed to be to plant nothing but cotton; and in many cases cotton w... ...cause they had so little money with which to pay their board. Thus another object which made it desirable to get an industrial system started was in o...

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... me, a mod- est woman, drest out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. HASTINGS. Ha! ha! ha! At this rate, man, how ... ...RLOW. (Aside.) Well, this is the first time I ever heard of an innkeeper’s philosophy. HASTINGS. So then, like an experienced general, you at- tack th... ...ry quarter. If you find their reason manage- able, you attack it with your philosophy; if you find they have no reason, you attack them with this. Her... ...f Belgrade, I believe it’s almost time to talk about supper. What has your philosophy got in the house for supper? HARDCASTLE. For supper, sir! (Aside... .... I was always willing to be amused. The folly of most people is rather an object of mirth than uneasiness. HASTINGS. (T o him.) Bravo, bravo. Never s...

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... is entirely passive; and that the human female form is the most beautiful object in nature. Schopenhauer wrote a splenetic essay which, as it is neit... ...en the less recklessly superficial critics seem to believe that the modern objection to Christianity as a pernicious slave-morality was first put forw... ...ristianity was not a his- torical theory of it, like Nietzsche’s; but this objection can- not be made to Mr Stuart-Glennie, the successor of Buckle as... ...an judge for ourselves whether the initiative came from above or below. My object here is not to argue the historical point, but simply to make our th... ...th the Salvation Army, and with all propagandists of the Cross (to which I object as I object to all gibbets) becomes deep indeed. Forgiveness, ab- so... ... a religion. The whole force of the most energetic geniuses of the time in philosophy, economics, and art, concentrates it- 35 GB Shaw self on demons...