But whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire that is it which he for his part calleth good; and the object of his hate and aversion, evil; and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable. Handbook of Moral Philosophy - Page 113by Henry Calderwood - 1874 - 277 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1887 - 610 pages
...complex problem by refusing to see its complexity, that it is worth quoting and remembering : — ' Whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or...calleth good ; and the object of his hate and aversion, evilj and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable. For these words of good, evil, and contemptible... | |
| Robert Blakey - 1833 - 408 pages
...manner as possible, what were his notions of moral good and evil, and these he defines to be, — •" Whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or...contempt, vile and inconsiderable. For these words of good and evil, and contemptible, are even used with relation to the person that useth them : there being... | |
| Robert Blakey - 1833 - 402 pages
...possible, what were his notions of moral good and evil, and these he defines to be,—•" Whatsoever ig the object of any man's appetite or desire ; that...contempt, vile and inconsiderable. For these words of good and evil, and contemptible, are even used with relation to the person that useth them : there being... | |
| Thomas Hobbes - 1839 - 744 pages
...aversions : much less can all men consent, in the desire of almost any one and the same object. But whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or...calleth good: and the object of his hate and aversion, Good. ceil ; and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable, EYU. For these words of good, evil, and... | |
| Thomas Hobbes - 1839 - 766 pages
...aversions : much less can all men consent, in the desire of almost any one and the same object. But whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or...calleth good : and the object of his hate and aversion, Good. evil ; and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable. EvU. For these words of good, evil, and... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1839 - 428 pages
...the same appetites and aversions; much less can all men consent in the desire of any one object. But whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it, which he for his part calls good, and the object of his hate and aversion, evil, or of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable.... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1839 - 718 pages
...desire, that is it, which he for his part calls good, and the object of his hate and aversion, evil, or of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable. For these words of good, evil and contemptible are CHAP ever used with relation to the person using them ; 1_ there being nothing simply and absolutely... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1843 - 608 pages
...contempt, vile and inconsiderable. For these words • Hum. Nat. c.7. f 1d. Lev. c. 11. f IIum. Nat, c. 8. of good, evil and contemptible are ever used with relation to the person using them ; there being nothing simply and absolutely so ; nor any common rule of good and evil, to... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1854 - 620 pages
...S;nnS! appetites and aversions ; much less can all men consent in the desire of any one object. But whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it which he for his part calls good, and the object of his hate and aversion, evil, or of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable.... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1854 - 630 pages
...freedom from all motion, Hobbes next proceeds to deny the existence of any absolute good or evil. " Whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is what he, for his part, calleth good; and the object of his hate and aversion, evil. For these words,... | |
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