 | Joseph Butler - 1867 - 350 sider
...probability, though it be so low as to leave the mind in very great doubt which is the truth. For surely a man is as really bound in prudence to do what upon the whole appears, according to the best of his judgment, to be for his happiness, as what he certainly knows to be so. Nay, further, in... | |
 | James Haines McCulloh - 1867 - 430 sider
...action is required in the matter, as has been observed by Bishop Butler, in his Analogy, "a man is really bound in prudence, to do what upon the whole appears according to the best of his judgment, to be for his happiness, as what he certainly knows to be so." We do not mean... | |
 | Edward Stillingfleet (bp. of Worcester) - 1868 - 186 sider
...failure or ruin, because they hare not demonstration or certainty to lead them. " For surely," he says, " a man is as really bound in prudence to do what, upon the whole, appears, according to the best of his judgment, to be for his happiness, as what he certainly knows to be so. Numberless instances... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1869 - 372 sider
...The story is told by Mr. Locke in the Chapter of Probability. doubt winch is the truth. For surely a man is as really bound in prudence to do what upon the whole, according to the best of his judgment, appears to be for his happiness,1" as what he certainly knows... | |
 | J. Butler - 1873 - 364 sider
...The story is told by Mr. Locke in the Chapter of Probability. doubt winch is the trutr . For surely a man is as really bound in prudence to do what upon the whole, according to the best of his judgment, appears to be for his happiness,* as what he certainly knows... | |
 | D. S. Gregory - 1875 - 364 sider
...probability though it be so low as to leave the mind in very great doubt which is the truth. For surely a man is as really bound in prudence to do what upon the whole appears, according to the best of his judgment, to be for his happiness, as what he certainly knows to he so. Nay further, in... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1883 - 376 sider
...The story is told by Mr. Locko in the Chapter of Probability. doubt which is the trail . For surely a man is as really bound in prudence to do what upon the whole, according to the best of his judgment, appears to be for his happiness,11 as what he COTtainly knows... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1890 - 326 sider
...in itself, certainly true or certainly false. But to us, probability is the very guide of life. And a man is as really bound in prudence to do what, upon the whole, appears according to the best of his judgment to be for his .happiness, as what he certainly knows to bo so." Hume, with a still... | |
 | 1892 - 980 sider
...probability, though it be so low as to leave the mind in very great doubt which is the truth. For surely a man is as really bound in prudence to do what upon the whole appears, according to the best of his judgment, to be for his happiness, as what he certainly knows to be so. Nay, further, in... | |
 | Henry Hughes - 1894 - 280 sider
...probability, though it be so low as to leave the mind in very great doubt which is the truth. For surely a man is as really bound in prudence to do what upon the whole appears, according to the best of his judgment, to be for his happiness, as what he certainly knows to be so. Nay, further, in... | |
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... absolute and formal obligation, in point of prudence and of interest, to act upon that presumption or low probability, though it be so low as to leave the mind in very great doubt which is the truth. For surely a man is as really bound in prudence... 
