 | Eldon J. Eisenach - 2010 - 349 páginas
...to have any inclination, except for what is customary. Thus the mind itself is bowed to the yoke ... until by dint of not following their own nature they have no nature to follow. 36 I am contending, then, that Mill's fear of the loss of liberty in modern society points to two distinguishable... | |
 | Gerald F. Gaus - 1999 - 268 páginas
...describes people who have been forced to conform to society's patterns of the proper way of living: by dint of not following their own nature, they have...without either opinions or feelings of home growth, or properly their own.13 According to these first two claims, then, people possess unique natures;... | |
 | Joseph Hamburger - 2001 - 260 páginas
...part."'1 There was a "low moral tone [in] English society."52 Human nature among the English was stunted: "by dint of not following their own nature, they have no nature to follow" (265). Clearly he did not exaggerate in telling Comte, "I have stood for quite some time in a kind... | |
 | Richard Schacht - 2001 - 292 páginas
...of: they like in crowds; they exercise choice only among things commonly done; peculiarity of taste, eccentricity of conduct are shunned equally with crimes,...without either opinions or feelings of home growth, or properly of their own. Now is this, or is it not. the desirable condition of human nature? (OL pp.... | |
 | David Simpson - 2002 - 308 páginas
...social science in the twentieth century: conformity can proceed to such an extent among the people "until by dint of not following their own nature they...without either opinions or feelings of home growth, or properly their own" (pp. 74-75). To avoid this fate, individuals must be allowed (or encouraged,... | |
 | Stanley Cavell, David Justin Hodge - 2003 - 300 páginas
...of; they like in crowds; they exercise choice only among things commonly done; peculiarity of taste, eccentricity of conduct, are shunned equally with...without either opinions or feelings of home growth, or properly their own. Now is this, or is it not, the desirable condition of human nature?38 I call... | |
 | Pam Morris - 2004 - 264 páginas
...people live in crowds, he argued, "peculiarity of taste, eccentricity of conduct, are equally shunned with crimes: until by dint of not following their...follow: their human capacities are withered and starved" (On Liberty, 265). As the references here to human nature and capacities suggest, Mill does not take... | |
 | Russell Muirhead - 2004 - 236 páginas
...ones.27 Most of all, blind conformity to prevailing customs cause some to lose their natural potential, "until by dint of not following their own nature they...to follow: their human capacities are withered and starved."28 These tendencies warrant skepticism about everyday preferences, but perhaps not about decided... | |
 | Stanley Cavell - 2005 - 484 páginas
...to have any inclination except for what is customary ... conformity is the first thing thought of... until by dint of not following their own nature they have no nature to follow: they become incapable of any strong wishes or native pleasures, and are generally without either opinions... | |
 | Stanley Cavell - 2005 - 432 páginas
...of; they live in crowds; they exercise choice only among things commonly done: peculiarity of taste, eccentricity of conduct, are shunned equally with...without either opinions or feelings of home growth, or properly their own. Now is this, or is it not, the desirable condition of human nature? —John... | |
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... until by dint of not following their own nature they have no nature to follow: their human capacities are withered and starved: they become incapable of any strong wishes or native pleasures, and are generally without either opinions or feelings of... 
