 In an Englishman's mouth it generally means that by which we get pudding or praise, or both. I have no doubt that is one meaning of the word utility, but it by no means includes all I mean by utility. I think that knowledge of every kind is useful in...  The American Naturalist - Page 2141877Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1877 - 192 lehte
...should like that we should quite clearly understand what it is that we mean by this word "utility." In an Englishman's mouth it generally means that by...mothers of every description of error in practice. And inasmuch as, whatever practical people may say, this world is, after all, absolutely governed by ideas,... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1877 - 634 lehte
..."utility." Now in an Englishman's mouth it generally means that by which we get pudding or pr.iise, or both. I have no doubt that is one meaning of the...mothers of every description of error in practice. And inasmuch as, whatever practical people may say, this world is, after all, absolutely governed by ideas,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1877 - 204 lehte
...doubt that is one meaning of the word utility, but it by no means includes all I mean by utility. _,' I think that knowledge of every kind is useful in...mothers of every description of error in practice. And inasmuch as, whatever practical people may say, this world is, after all, absolutely governed by ideas,... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1878 - 474 lehte
...judge of the value of human pursuits by their bearing upon human interests ; in other words, by their utility. Now, in an Englishman's mouth, it generally...remove wrong ideas, which are the no less essential foundation and fertile mothers of every description of error in practice. And, upon the whole, inasmuch... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1878 - 420 lehte
...of human pursuits by their bearing upon human interests ; in other words, by their utility. ISTow, in an Englishman's mouth, it generally means that...remove wrong ideas, which are the no less essential foundation and fertile mothers of every description of error in practice. And, upon the whole, inasmuch... | |
 | J. P. B., J. P. Bryce - 1879 - 182 lehte
...approved as ' self evident. ' " — Carpenter's Mental Physiology, p. 229. " Every kind of knowledge is useful in proportion as it tends to give people right ideas, which are the essential foundation of all right practice, and to remove wrong ideas, which are the fertile mother... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1886 - 350 lehte
...whicli we get pudding or praise, or both. I have no doubt that is one meaning of the word utiliity, but it by no means includes all I mean by utility....essential to the foundation of right practice, and 10 remove wrong ideas, which are the no less essential foundations and fertile mothers of every description... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1886 - 354 lehte
...which we get pudding or praise, or both. I have no doubt that is one meaning of the word utiliity, bat it by no means includes all I mean by utility. I think...essential to the foundation of right practice, and i0 remove wrong ideas, which are the no less essential foundations and fertile mothers of every description... | |
 | Hamilton Association - 1888 - 810 lehte
...judge of the value of human pursuits by their bearing upon human interests, that is, by their utility. Knowledge of every kind is useful in proportion as it tends to give people right ideas which are necessary as a foundation for right practice, and to remove wrong ideas which, as we all know, are... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1896 - 474 lehte
...pudding or praise, or both. I have no doubt that is one meaning of the word utility, but it by 110 means includes all I mean by utility. I think that...mothers of every description of error in practice. And inasmuch as, whatever practical people may say, this world is, after all, absolutely governed by ideas,... | |
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