He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. On Liberty - Страница 106по John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 207 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Ian MacMullen - 2009 - 239 страници
...consist in cultivating and exercising those capacities that distinguish humans from other species. Since "he who lets the world, or his own portion of it,...other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation" (Mill, 1859/1989, p. 59), he is failing to make appropriate use of the distinctive gifts given to him... | |
| William John Morgan - 2007 - 520 страници
...the moral, like the muscular powers, are improved only by being used. ... He who lets the world . . . choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation.3 Here, Mill seems to be appealing more to the value of the idea of autonomy than to social... | |
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