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Jeremy Bentham Zitate

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.

Jeremy Bentham

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Natur hat die Menschheit unter die Herrschaft zweier souveräner Meister gestellt, Schmerz und Vergnügen. Sie müssen nur aufzeigen, was wir tun sollen, und auch bestimmen, was wir tun sollen.

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