 What proposition is there respecting human nature which y is absolutely and universally true ? We know of only one : and that is not only true, but identical ; that men always act from self-interest.  Representative Government - Page 133by Henry Jones Ford - 1924 - 318 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 1102 pages
...know of only one : and that is not only true, but identical; (hat men always act from self-interest. This truism the Utilitarians proclaim with as much...as if it were new, and as much zeal as if it were imjxwtant. But in fact, when explained, it means only that men, if they can, will do as they choose.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1865 - 418 pages
...know of only one : and that is not only true, but identical ; that men always act from self-interest. This truism the Utilitarians proclaim with as much...men, if they can, will do as they choose. When we eee the actions of a man we know with certainty what he thinks his interest to be. But it is impossible... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1865 - 488 pages
...know of only one: and that is not only true, but identical ; that men always act from self-interest. This truism the Utilitarians proclaim with as much pride as if it were new, and as much zeal аз if it were important. But in fact, when explained, it means only that men, if they can, will dp... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 pages
...know of only one : and that is not only true, but identical ; that men always act from self-interest. This truism the Utilitarians proclaim with as much...were new, and as much zeal as if it were important. Bnt in fact, when explained, it means only that men, if they can, will do as they choose. When we see... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 704 pages
...know of only one : and that is not only true, but identical ; that men always act from self-interest. This truism the Utilitarians proclaim with as much...know with certainty what he thinks his interest to he. But it is impossible to reason with certainty from what we take to be his interest to his actions.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 1090 pages
...know of only one : and that is not only true, but identical ; that men always act from self-interest. This truism the Utilitarians proclaim with as much...But in fact, when explained, it means only that men, tf they can, will do as they choose. When we see the actions of a man we know with certainty what he... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...know of only one : and that is not only true, but identical ; that men always act from selfinterest. This truism the Utilitarians proclaim with as much...of a man we know with certainty what he thinks his interests to be. But it is impossible to reason with certainty from what we take to be his interest... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...know of only one : and that is not only true, but identical ; that men always act from selfinterest. . 'Tis a thing worthy of very great consideration...of the greatest concern, and even in ihe very seat interests to be. But it is impossible to reason with certainty from what we take to be his interest... | |
 | Susan Sutherland Fairhurst Isaacs - 1921 - 178 pages
...upon their lines, and that cold " reason " was the source of human actions. Macaulay, eg, remarked, " When we see the actions of a man we know with certainty what he thinks his interests to be".1 Such a view entirely overlooks the frequent cases of people who continue a certain... | |
 | Kurt A. Raaflaub, Mark Toher, Glen Warren Bowersock - 1990 - 528 pages
...far removed today from such optimism as prevailed in the nineteenth century, when Macauley wrote that "when we see the actions of a man we know with certainty what he thinks his interest to be." '" There are many aspects of the lives of senators about which we are still woefully uninformed. Property... | |
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