 Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.  liberty - Pagina 107door john stuart mill - 1859Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 216 pagina’s
...model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develope itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a i living thing._J s It will probably be conceded that it is desirable people should exercise their... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1863 - 232 pagina’s
...tendency of the inward forces which ^ *y .; make it a living thing. .' >& It will probably 'be"cohceded that it is" 'desirable people should exercise their...better than" a blind and simply mechanical adhesion' _to it. To a certain extent it is admitted, that our understanding should be our own : but there is... | |
 | Elizabeth C. T. Carne - 1868 - 204 pagina’s
...MILL, in his work on liberty, speaks of human nature as " a tree which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing." In most cases an illustration is not meant to be strictly correct, and therefore is not a fair subject... | |
 | William Holme Van Buren - 1869 - 20 pagina’s
...model, and set to do exactly the work required of it, but a tree which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing." The want of so-called classical education is a disadvantage to the American student, which requires... | |
 | 1869 - 618 pagina’s
...model and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing."* 6. — Finally, if it be the State's office " to ensure the conditions necessary for the free growth... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1878 - 98 pagina’s
...model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of...understandings, and that an intelligent following of custom, or evcu occasionally an intelligent de viation from custom, is better than a blind and simply mechanical... | |
 | William Trant - 1884 - 206 pagina’s
...model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing." There would, in a purely co-operative state of society, be no struggle, no desire on the part of men... | |
 | 1888 - 364 pagina’s
...be built after a model and set to do a certain work, but a tree which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing." Would it be possible to change a maple into an oak by cultivation ? Furnish richer soil, remove obstructions... | |
 | 1894 - 916 pagina’s
...model, and set to do exactly he work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop piness .vhich make it a living thing. It will probably be conceded that it is desirable people should exercise... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1895 - 404 pagina’s
...model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of...living thing. It will probably be conceded that it is de sirable people should exercise their understandings, and that an intelligent following of custom,... | |
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