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" In proportion to the degree of efficiency with which a man suffers these instruments of deception to operate upon his mind he enables bad men to exercise over him a sort of power, the thought of which ought to cover him with shame. Allow this argument... "
The Book of Fallacies: From Unfinished Papers of Jeremy Bentham - Page 122
by Jeremy Bentham - 1824 - 411 pages
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The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected: Under the Superintendence ...

Jeremy Bentham - 1839 - 316 pages
...character, is either to cause the person in question to be considered as entertaining bad designs — :'. e. about to be concerned in bringing forward future contingent...him a sort of power, the thought of which ought to corer him with shame. Allow this argument the effect of a conclusive one, you put it into the power...
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The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 2

Jeremy Bentham - 1843 - 618 pages
...same complexion, played off on the other side : to employ it, is to combat the antagonist with bis own weapons. In the former case, it is another modification...him a sort of power, the thought of which ought to cove,him with shame. Allow this argument the effect of a conclusive one, you put it into the power...
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The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 2

Sydney Smith - 1844 - 412 pages
...own merits, and that they must have recourse to distant and feebler probabilities for that purpose ? 'In proportion to the degree of efficiency with which...deception to operate upon his mind, he enables bad men lo exercise over him a sort of power, the thought of which ought to cover him with shame. Allow this...
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The Works of Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...merits, and that they must have recourse to distant and feebler probabilities for that purpose 1 1 In proportion to the degree of efficiency with which...suffers these instruments of deception to operate upon nil mind, he enables bad men to exercise over him a sort of power, the thought of which ought to cover...
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The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith - 1846 - 368 pages
...with which a man Buffers these instruments of deception to operate upon his mind, he enables Imd nn-n to exercise over him a sort of power, the thought...cover him with shame. Allow this argument the effect ofa conclusive one, you put into tbe power of any man to draw you at pleasure from the support of every...
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The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith - 1850 - 736 pages
...merits, and that they must have recourse to distant and feebler probabilities for that purpose ? ' In proportion to the degree of efficiency with which...Allow this argument the effect of a conclusive one, yon put it into the power of any man to draw you at pleasure from the support of every measure, which...
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