..." this end is only to be attained by not making it the direct end. Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than...thus at something else, they find happiness by the way."f That is, the one absolute end of life, according to the Utilitarian theory, will not bear being...

...doubtful consistency, thought that this was to be attained by not making it the direct end ; and that those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness — the philanthropic improvement of mankind, for instance. He found, too, that the emotions needed...

...(happiness) was only to be attained by not making it the direct end. Those only are happy, I said, who have their minds fixed on some object other than...not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else they find happiness by the way. . . . The only chance is to treat not happiness,...

...fellows, shall it come to you, pure, fresh and free, like God's sunlight. Says John Stuart Mill, " Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness." Again, the objector forgets that the gentle Jesus went not into the fashionable places of worship,...

...them steadily with a purpose which must sooner or later bring you to the haven you would be, remember those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness : aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way. The happiness of others, improvement of...

...internal culture, but leaving happiness to take care of itself. " Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness. Aiming thus at something else they find happiness by the way. The enjoyments of life are sufficient...

...he now thought that this end was only to be attained by not making it the direct end. ' Those unly are happy .... who have their minds fixed on some...followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end.' Now what does Mill gain by thia ? Is he meeting the difficulty ? Not in the slightest ; ho is simply...

...attained by not making it the direct end, but ' by fixing the mind on some object other than one's own happiness ; on the happiness of others — on the improvement of mankind. ' The same thing is being told us on all sides, and in countless ways. The common name for this theory...

...end of life," he now thought that this end was only to be attained by not making it the direct end. " Those only are happy .... who have their minds fixed...followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end." Now what does Mill gain by this ? Js he meeting the difficulty ? Not in the slightest; he is simply...

...steadily with a purpose which must sooner or later bring you to the haven you would be in, remember those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness : aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way. The happiness of others, improvement of...