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Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical - Page 312
by John Stuart Mill - 1873
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The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. 1817 ..., Volume 26

New Church gen. confer - 1879 - 622 pages
...imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied, better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if...it is because they only know their own side of the i John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, p. 17. question."i To this we subscribe. He who is not dissatisfied...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 8

English periodicals - 1863 - 532 pages
...satisfied ; better to be Socrates " dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And, " if the fool and»the pig are of a different ' opinion, it is because they...The other party to the comparison knows both sides. From this verdict of the ' only competent judges I apprehend ' there can bo no appeal. On a ques" tion,...
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Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record, Volume 5

Religion - 1864 - 524 pages
...imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if...other party to the comparison knows both sides."' In language still more beautiful, and still more unlike the vulgar selfishness which often passes by...
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The Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record

Bible - 1864 - 524 pages
...imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if...opinion, it is because they only know their own side of tbe question. The other party to the comparison knows both sides. "T In language still more beautiful,...
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Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1864 - 108 pages
...imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other party...
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A Book of Thoughts. [Selections from English, French and German authors.] By ...

Book, H. A. - 1865 - 184 pages
...than a pig satisfied ; better to be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool and the pig are of a different opinion, it is because...The other party to the comparison knows both sides. From this verdict of the only competent judges, I apprehend there is no appeal. On a question, which...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 36

1879 - 736 pages
...imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied, than a pig satisfied ; better to be Socrates dissatisfied, than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different opinion, it ia because they only know their own side of the question. The other party...
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A Book of Golden Thoughts

Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...than a pig satisfied ; better to be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool and the pig are of a different opinion, it is because...The other party to the comparison knows both sides. From this verdict of the only competent judges, I apprehend there is no appeal. On a question, which...
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A Book of Golden Thoughts

Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...satisfied ; better to be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool and the pig are ot a different opinion, it is because they only know...The other party to the comparison knows both sides. From this verdict of the only competent judges, I apprehend there is no appeal. On a question, which...
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Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1871 - 136 pages
...imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other party...
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