Re: wisdom again
James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 16:20:48 -0400 (EDT)
I don't remember if I responded to this or not, but...
Jeremy Bentham's utilitarianism originally established as a goal for
behavior "the greatest possible good for the greatest number of people,"
the greatest good being measured in units of pleasure, and the opposite
measure in units of pain or displeasure.
His critics accused him of propogating what they called a "pig
philosophy," being pleasure centered and ignoring a human being's higher
faculties. John Stuart Mill, the next generation of utilitarians, found
it necessary to distinguish between the pleasures appropriate to a human
being and the pleasures appropriate to a pig, thus between bestial
pleasures and other kinds.
This along the lines of what you were thinking of? The actual phrase,
"pearls before swine," was from the teachings of Christ.
Jim
On Sat, 29 May 1999 19:55:55 +1000 Camille Scaysbrook
<verona_beach@geocities.com> writes>Thor wrote:
>
>> Who was the author/philosopher who wrote about the greater
>virtues/pleasures
>> vs the beastial pleasures. He's the one who talked about pearls
>before
>> swine.
>
>I'm not sure if this is right, but was it Blake?
>
>Camille
>verona_beach@geocities.com
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>
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