 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
 | William E. Conklin - 1979 - 350 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 For Mill, the ultimate end of man was, quoting from Wilhelm von Humbolt, the highest and most... | |
 | Donald Ahern, Robert Shenk - 1984 - 128 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.* Mill returned often to the idea that a free society must take care to produce worthy leaders. This... | |
 | Stewart Justman - 1991 - 206 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 living thing. (OL 263) Pip requires to grow and develop, rather than performing the tasks prescribed for him by adult... | |
 | Wendy Donner - 1991 - 244 pagina’s
...metaphors to describe this unfolding: "Human nature is ... a tree, which requires to grow and develope itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing" (18:263). Developed agents continue to grow after maturation and expand their natures and potentials... | |
 | Randall C. Morris - 1991 - 308 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." 71 Utopia cannot be imposed upon the people; rather they must discover it for themselves. Participation... | |
 | David L. Norton - 2023 - 220 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." 4 He insists on the moral uniqueness of individuals according to the "ideal conception(s) embodied... | |
 | Bruce Russell - 1990 - 266 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."19 And, shortly after, he stated: "A person whose desires and impulses are his own-are the expression... | |
 | Susan Moller Okin - 1979 - 428 pagina’s
...Liberty, "is not a machine to be built after a model . . . 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."38 Whether Mill's totally unmechanistic conception of human nature means that he cannot be regarded... | |
 | Susan M. Easton - 1994 - 220 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. (Mill, 1970: 198) This analogy of the tree used by Mill, and his general concern to promote individuality,... | |
 | Stephen Holmes - 1995 - 360 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."59 Trees make no choices; they do not have to. Incumbent on an oak is merely the strain of unfolding... | |
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