 Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.  On Liberty - 117. oldalszerző: John Stuart Mill - 1869 - 223 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Rebecca K. Webb - 2007 - 192 oldal
...model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.4 There are many examples of the profound influence of Kant and the German Romantics in the poetry... | |
 | Steven Lecce - 2008 - 361 oldal
...model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.'60 The ideas of 'tendencies' or 'inward forces' suggest a standard to which choice ought to... | |
 | Albert A. Anderson - 2008 - 356 oldal
...model and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it. Rather, it is a tree that must grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces that make it a living thing. [3.5] One might concede that it is desirable for people to exercise their... | |
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