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| Mill said that everyone who had experienced both intellectual and sensual pleasures would prefer the former. | |
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| Which is a sweeping statement for a start. Many's the student who retreats from academia to the familiar comforts of instant gratification. | |
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| Mill realised this: "many who are capable of the higher pleasures, occasionally... postpone them to the lower". But they would still be aware that pleasure of the mind is greater. | |
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| All this smacks of intellectual snobbery. It would seem to me that Bentham's utilitarianism was too radical for Mill, hence his more acceptable version. | |
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| By the way, I got the sack. Got caught spitting in the Chicken Royales. Now I clean up sick outside the Great Eastern Hotel. | |
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| Yeah, I've got a new job too... Hey there big boy! You lookin' for a prime piece of ass? | |
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