Joseph Butler - The principle we call self-lov...

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.

Joseph Butler

English Clergyman

Born: May 18, 1692

Died: Jun 16, 1752

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Happiness, Good, Rest, Seeks, Only, Never, Particular, Call, Principle, Self-Love, Sake, Affections, Anything, Themselves, Means, Thing, Things, External, External Things

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