 I was not writing a scientific treatise on politics, I was writing an argument for parliamentary reform." He treated Macaulay's argument as simply irrational; an attack upon the reasoning faculty; an example of the saying of Hobbes, that When reason is...  The Works of Jeremy Bentham - Sivu 242tekijä(t) Jeremy Bentham - 1843Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 sivua
...Sect. 4. of the same chapter.) And in another passage, after quoting the noted saying of Hobbes, that " when reason is against a man, a man will be against reason ;" he adds : " This is equally applicable to common sense." (Essays on the Intellectual Powers, p.... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1815 - 434 sivua
...ealled in question. Those who are disposed to do so, may remember the shrewd saying of Mr. Jlobbes, " When reason is against a man, a man will be against reason." This is equally applieable to eommon sense. From the aeeount 1 have given of the meaning of this term,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 348 sivua
...sect. 4 of the same chapter.) And in another passage, after quoting the noted saying of Hobbes, that " when reason is against a man, a man will be against reason :" be adds : " This is equally applicable to common seme." (Bssays on the Intellectual Pon-ers, p.... | |
 | The Westminster Review.Volume II.July-October,1824 - 1824 - 582 sivua
...the history of abuses and reforms, we are continually reminded of the saying of the philosopher, that when reason is against a man, a man will be against reason. This great truth nas not been less strikingly exemplified in political economy than in any other of... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1827 - 646 sivua
...subject: in the same strain, and with perfect consistency. The end in view is, by dint of ipse dirit with obscure terrors at the back of it, to engage...such or such a subject, reason is a blind guide, and that to be directed by her is unreasonable. they may to other eyes, to his, at any rate, seemed improbable.... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1827 - 706 sivua
...called in question. Those who are disposed to do so, may remember the shrewd saying of Mr. Hobbes, " When reason is against a man, a man will be against reason.'' This is equally applicable to common sense. From the account I have given of the meaning of this term,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 442 sivua
...4. of the same chapter. ) And in another passage, after quoting the noted saying of Hobbes, that " when reason is against a man, a man will be against reason ; " he adds, " This is equally applicable to common sense." (Essays on the Intellectual Poicers, p.... | |
 | Abraham Booth - 1829 - 470 sivua
...faith, of some sort or other. Plain Scrip. Proof, p. 336, 367. . : . . ; not conscious of it."* Again: " When reason is against a man, a man will be against reason. "f Do you ask, For what purposes are infants to be baptized? The church of England will tell you, that... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 sivua
...§ 4. of the same chapter.) And in another passage, after quoting the noted saying of Hobbes, that " when reason is against a man, a man will be against reason ; " he adds, " This is equally applicable to common sense." (Essays on the Intellectual Powers, p.... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1839 - 304 sivua
...suspicion." Such is the notion which has been endeavoured to be inculcated. But to accede to any such doctrine — . to suppose that there can be any imaginable...itself reason, is employed in proving, that on such er such a subject, reason is a blind guide, and that to be directed by her is unreasonable. When a... | |
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