 Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end.  John Stuart Mill: Autobiography, Essay on Liberty - Page 94by John Stuart Mill - 1909 - 468 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1876 - 616 pages
...direct end. Those only," he says, " I thought, are happy, who have their minds fixed on some subject other than their own happiness ; on the happiness...something else, they find happiness by the way." The truth cannot be too deeply impressed upon us, that happiness will not bear being made the ultimate... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1873 - 344 pages
...attained by not makingit the direct end. Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness ; on the...find happiness by the way. The enjoyments of life (suck was now my theory) are sufficient to make it a. pleasant thing, when they are taken en passant,... | |
 | 1874 - 618 pages
...attained by not making it the direct end. Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness ; on the...thus at something else, they find happiness by the way."f That is, the one absolute end of life, according to the Utilitarian theory, will not bear being... | |
 | Atonement - 1874 - 192 pages
...their minds fixed on some other object than their own happiness ; on the happiness of others, on tha improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit,...at something else, they find happiness by the way." NOTE IA, PAGE 96. The idea, so common among orthodox people, that the feelings are a test and a proof... | |
 | 1876 - 1072 pages
...attained by not making it the direct end. Those only are happy, I said, who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness — on...not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else they find happiness by the way. . . . The only chance is to treat not happiness,... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1877 - 906 pages
...only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness. Aiming thus at something else they find happiness by the way. The enjoyments of life are sufficient to make it a pleasant thing when taken en passant, without being made a principal object.... | |
 | 1877 - 824 pages
...only ire happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their o\vn happiness. Aiming thus at something else they find happiness by the way. The enjoyments of life are sufficient to make it a pleasant thing when taken en passant, without being made a principal object... | |
 | 1879 - 684 pages
...attained by not making it the direct end. ' Those unly are happy .... who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness ; on the...followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end.' Now what does Mill gain by thia ? Is he meeting the difficulty ? Not in the slightest ; ho is simply... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - 1879 - 360 pages
...attained by not making it the direct end, but ' by fixing the mind on some object other than one's own happiness ; on the happiness of others — on the improvement of mankind. ' The same thing is being told us on all sides, and in countless ways. The common name for this theory... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1880 - 278 pages
...attained by not making it the direct end. " Those only are happy .... who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness, — on...followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end." Now what does Mill gain by this ? Js he meeting the difficulty ? Not in the slightest; he is simply... | |
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