William Graham Sumner, Volume 2University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1954 - 758 pages |
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Page 322
... action of certain human passions . The passions , the appetites , the desires , and the weaknesses of mankind are ... actions , not with thoughts . " But if the se actions were not merely random , but instead took some recurrent form ...
... action of certain human passions . The passions , the appetites , the desires , and the weaknesses of mankind are ... actions , not with thoughts . " But if the se actions were not merely random , but instead took some recurrent form ...
Page 323
... action , and pain to others ? The answer of Sumner : " pleasurable acts are those which bring adaptation to life conditions , painful acts do not . " This is , of course , the same as saying that pleasurable acts are those which enhance ...
... action , and pain to others ? The answer of Sumner : " pleasurable acts are those which bring adaptation to life conditions , painful acts do not . " This is , of course , the same as saying that pleasurable acts are those which enhance ...
Page 338
... action have no necessary relation with the motives , purposes , and intentions of the man or men who bring about the action . The purposes of the agents arise in their own inner selves and a product of all the complex com- ponents of ...
... action have no necessary relation with the motives , purposes , and intentions of the man or men who bring about the action . The purposes of the agents arise in their own inner selves and a product of all the complex com- ponents of ...
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