 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. Aiming...  Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Page 258by Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Steven Reiss - 2002 - 292 pages
...your pursuits. As philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) taught, 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... | |
 | Manuel García Pazos - 1999 - 268 pages
...66. Vgl. Au., CW., Bd. I, S. 151. 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 happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not... | |
 | Andrew M. Kamarck - 2009 - 233 pages
...individuals, there is joy in absolute surrender to religious beliefs. In short, as John Stuart Mill wrote, "those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness." Emotion may overrun the cool calculation of self-interest. The lover may scorn prudential caution and... | |
 | Richard R. Ellsworth - 2002 - 423 pages
...self-fulfillment, and compassion. John Stuart Mill believed that people can achieve personal happiness only if they "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... | |
 | Andrew Bailey - 2004 - 362 pages
...father, but instead to modify the theories by which he had been brought up. He came to adopt the view that "those only are happy ... who have their minds...fixed on some object other than their own happiness": that is, true happiness — which, as his father had taught him, is the measure of all action — comes... | |
 | Henry R. West - 2004 - 240 pages
...One was that happiness, as the end of life, could only be 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, or at least this is true of the great majority of mankind. The second lesson was that the "passive... | |
 | Steve Crawshaw - 2004 - 268 pages
...more complicated place for Germany and its neighbours alike. The philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote: 'Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness . . . Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way.' Replace the words 'happy' and... | |
 | Nicholas Capaldi - 2004 - 472 pages
...this end was only to be 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 happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not... | |
 | Alex C. Michalos - 2005 - 636 pages
...not advanced much since Plato. (iv) Happiness may best be found by not seeking it. In Mill's words: "Those only are happy... 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... | |
 | Richard Schoch - 2006 - 256 pages
...realized, was the paradox that you find it only by searching for something else. Happy people are those "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... | |
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