A table of the springs of action : shewing the several species of pleasures and pains, of which man's nature is susceptible: together with the several species of interests, desires, and motives, respectively corresponding to them: and the several sets of appellatives, neutral, eulogistic and dyslogistic, by which each species of motive is wont to be designated: to which are added explanatory notes and observations ... / By Jeremy Bentham, Esq.

  • Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832.
Date:
1817
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Credit: A table of the springs of action : shewing the several species of pleasures and pains, of which man's nature is susceptible: together with the several species of interests, desires, and motives, respectively corresponding to them: and the several sets of appellatives, neutral, eulogistic and dyslogistic, by which each species of motive is wont to be designated: to which are added explanatory notes and observations ... / By Jeremy Bentham, Esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    indigent parents, the same child could scarcely have been an object of desire. III. (No. 4.) Desire of the matter of wealth. Eulo- gistic covering, industry: a desire, as above, which, if by it be meant the desire of labour simply, and for its own sake, has no existence. (No.5.) Love of power.—Eulogistic coverings: 1. Love of country—a man’s own country, i.e. sympathy for the feelinos of its inhabitants—present or future or both—taken in tfie aggregate. 2. Love of mankind, philanthropy : i.e. sym- pathy tor the human race taken in the aggregate : such being the effects, to the production of which the exercise ot power will, whether it he or no, be said to be directed. 3. Love of duty : another impossible motive, in so far as duty is understood as synonymous to obligation. An act, the performance of which is seen or supposed to be amica- ble to mankind at large, or to his own counrymen in par- ticular—any such act a man may love to do, either on that consideration or on any other:' but, be it which it may, and let him find ever so much pleasure in the doing of it, what is not possible is—that a man should derive any plea- sure from any such thought as that of being forced to do it. 4. Sense off duty. By this,—if by it be meant any thing but the love of duty as above,—will he meant fear of the several pains, which, in the character of evil consequences to the individual in question, may (as it appears to him) befa! him, in case of a neglect on his part, in relation to that same duty :—fear of legal punishment, fear of loss of amity at the hands of this or that individual—fear of loss of re- putation—fear of the wrath of God. IV. (No. 7.) Desire of amity : viz. of obtaining or pre- serving a share, more or less considerable, in the good will, and therein in the eventual good offices, of this or that par- ticular individual. Coverings: 1. Sympathy at larere, as towards that same individual. 2. Gratitude, as towards that same individual: i.e. sympathy produced by reflection on such or such benefits already received at. his hands. 6. (No. 11.) Antipathy •,—ill-will: viz. towards this or that particular individual.—In so far as prosecution, whe- ther at the bar of a legal tribunal, or at the bar of public opinion, has been the instrument employed in the gratifica- tion of the desire,—Covering, public spirit, (No. 10.): or love of justice (the compound affection) as above.—So,—if the object, in which a gratification for the desire issomdit, be