The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.

Quote by Joseph Butler

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The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and...

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and...

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant...

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant...

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature...

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature...

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.

Happiness does not consist in self-love.

Happiness does not consist in self-love.

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may...

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may...

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to...

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to...

The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense,...

The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense,...

Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature;...

Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature;...

Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we...

There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we...

The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the...

The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the...

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the...

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the...

God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but...

God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but...

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of...

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of...

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed...

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed...

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his...

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his...

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die...

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die...

Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases...

Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases...

But to us, probability is the very guide of life.

But to us, probability is the very guide of life.