 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.  The Church Herald - Page 2301869Full view - About this book
 | Mary Midgley - Philosophy, British - 2005 - 428 pages
...varieties of character, short of injury to others . . . Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for...tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides.12 Why, however, do we need genetic engineering to supply this manysidedness, when we already... | |
 | Anthony Appiah - Philosophy - 2005 - 388 pages
...to, nothing out of which to do the construction. "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 . . . according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing," Mill told us. His... | |
 | Bart Schultz, Georgios Varouxakis - History - 2005 - 278 pages
...powers and their flourishing, referring to "a Greek ideal of self-development" and calling human nature "a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides." In a manner closely related to my own argument, he speaks of liberty as a development of basic human... | |
 | John R. Fitzpatrick - Philosophy - 2006 - 191 pages
...starved specimens of what nature can and will produce. Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for...of the inward forces which make it a living thing. But what is so wrong with such a diminished life? How can a utilitarian argue that the happiness of... | |
 | Steven Lukes - Social Science - 2006 - 150 pages
...in perfecting and beautifying, the first in importance surely is man himself; human nature 'is ... a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself...of the inward forces which make it a living thing'. In true Romantic vein, Mill insisted 'emphatically on the importance of genius, and the necessity of... | |
 | Michael Losonsky - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2006 - 304 pages
...exactly the work prescribed for it," Mill writes in his discussion of individuality in On Liberty, "but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself...tendency of the inward forces which make it a living being" (1974, 18:263). Our understanding is our own as well as our desires and impulses, and the individuality... | |
 | Erin Gruwell - Education - 2007 - 808 pages
...ZALMAN USISKIN, STUDENT OF MATH EDUCATION (1998) Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for...of the inward forces which make it a living thing. — JOHN STUART MILL Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone... | |
 | Rebecca K. Webb - Education - 2007 - 192 pages
...freedom in On Liberty illustrate this connection: Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for...tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.4 There are many examples of the profound influence of Kant and the German Romantics in the poetry... | |
 | J. Thomas Wren - Political Science - 2007 - 423 pages
...first in importance is surely man himself. . . . Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for...tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.'87 This in turn, gave rise to the leadership obligation. It was the demand that each person... | |
 | Steven Lecce - Political Science - 2008 - 361 pages
...individuality as a given that should guide one's choices: 'Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for...tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.'60 The ideas of 'tendencies' or 'inward forces' suggest a standard to which choice ought to... | |
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