Joseph ButlerA collection of 8 posts

Respect

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

Happiness

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

Happiness

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

Happiness

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of th...

Happiness

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

Happiness

Happiness does not consist in self-love.

Food

Compassion is a call a demand of nature to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a ...

Loneliness

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