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On the Ethics of Naturalism

Note 182 — Chapter VII · HEDONISM AND EVOLUTIONISM.

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Spencer, Psychology, § 123, i. 277: "Generally speaking, then, pleasures are the concomitants of medium activities, where the activities are of kinds liable to be in excess or in defect; and where they are of kinds not liable to be excessive, pleasure increases as the activity increases, except where the activity is either constant or involuntary."

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