Ends Quote by Joseph Butler

“Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the other part, are, themselves, their objects and ends, stated and shown.” quote by Joseph Butler — Download Open image

“Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the other part, are, themselves, their objects and ends, stated and shown.”

Joseph Butler

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Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.

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The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good:…

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There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of.

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Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous.

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Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and…

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This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last…

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Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than…

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Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it…

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The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense, and every particular affection of the heart, are equally…

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