 | Nancy J. Hirschmann - 2009 - 312 pages
...in preference to what suits their own inclination," but the much stronger, scathing criticism that "It does not occur to them to have any inclination, except for what is customary." Hence, "the danger which threatens human nature," he writes, "is not the excess, but the deficiency,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 2003 - 160 pages
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 | Quentin Skinner, Bo Stråth - 2003 - 248 pages
...their own. They 'choose what is customary, in preference to what suits their own inclination' until 'it does not occur to them to have any inclination, except for what is customary' and 'the mind itself is bowed to the yoke'. 38 Genuine freedom of action is thereby forfeited, and... | |
 | Michael Levin - 2004 - 170 pages
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 | Stanley Cavell - 2005 - 484 pages
...fair play and enable it to grow and thrive? They ask themselves, what is suitable to my position?... It does not occur to them 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... | |
 | Stanley Cavell - 2005 - 432 pages
...mine? I do not mean that they choose what is customary, in preference to what suits their inclination. It does not occur to them to have any inclination,...pleasure, conformity is the first thing thought of; they live in crowds; they exercise choice only among things commonly done: peculiarity of taste, eccentricity... | |
 | Glyn Lloyd-Hughes - 2005 - 412 pages
...which threatens humanity is not the excess, but the deficiency, of personal impulses and preferences. Even in what people do for pleasure, conformity is the first thing thought of; they exercise choice only among things commonly done: peculiarity of taste, eccentricity of conduct, are... | |
 | Darrin M. McMahon - 2006 - 572 pages
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I do not mean that they choose what is customary in preference to what suits their own inclination. It does not occur to them to have any inclination, except for what is customary. 
