The Classical Moralists: Selections Illustrating Ethics from Socrates to MartineauBenjamin Rand Houghton Mifflin, 1909 - 797 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 67
... determine our habits or character . First of all , then , that they must be in accordance with right reason is a common characteristic of them , which we shall here take for granted , reserving for future discussion the question what ...
... determine our habits or character . First of all , then , that they must be in accordance with right reason is a common characteristic of them , which we shall here take for granted , reserving for future discussion the question what ...
الصفحة 71
... takes any shape . Virtue , then , is a habit or trained faculty of choice , the char- acteristic of which lies in moderation or observance of the mean . relatively to the persons concerned , as determined by reason THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS ...
... takes any shape . Virtue , then , is a habit or trained faculty of choice , the char- acteristic of which lies in moderation or observance of the mean . relatively to the persons concerned , as determined by reason THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS ...
الصفحة 72
... determined by reason , i . e . by the reason by which the prudent man would determine it . And it is a moderation , firstly , inasmuch as it comes in the mid- dle or mean between two vices , one on the side of excess , the other on the ...
... determined by reason , i . e . by the reason by which the prudent man would determine it . And it is a moderation , firstly , inasmuch as it comes in the mid- dle or mean between two vices , one on the side of excess , the other on the ...
الصفحة 78
... determine , for instance , how and with whom one ought to be angry , and upon what grounds , and for how long ; for public opinion sometimes praises those who fall short , and calls them gentle , and sometimes applies the term manly to ...
... determine , for instance , how and with whom one ought to be angry , and upon what grounds , and for how long ; for public opinion sometimes praises those who fall short , and calls them gentle , and sometimes applies the term manly to ...
الصفحة 79
... determined . Such matters lie within the region of particulars , and can only be determined by per- ception . So much then is plain , that the middle character is in all cases to be praised , but that we ought to incline sometimes ...
... determined . Such matters lie within the region of particulars , and can only be determined by per- ception . So much then is plain , that the middle character is in all cases to be praised , but that we ought to incline sometimes ...
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absolute absolutely infinite according action affections appear appetite approve arises Aristotle beautiful become benevolence body called categorical imperative cause character Chrysippus command conceived conception conduct consciousness consequently consider contrary Coroll creature dæmon desire determined divine duty Epictetus Epicurus equal essence ethical Euthydemus evil existence external faculty feel follow formal cause freedom habit happiness Hence human idea infinite intellectual intellectual virtue judge justice kind of knowledge law of nature live mankind manner matter means mind motion motive natural justice nature of things necessarily necessary necessity NOEMA object obligation observe ourselves pain particular passions perceive perfect person philosophy Plato pleasure principle Proof Prop proposition prudence rational reason reference regard relation respect rule sense sentiments Socrates soul suppose temperance thee theological virtues things thou thought tion true truth universal utilitarian vice whole words wrong
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الصفحة 221 - A LAW OF NATURE, (lex naturalis,) is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that, which is destructive of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved.
الصفحة 221 - The RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly call jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life; and consequently, of doing any thing, which in his own judgment, and reason, he shall conceive to be the aptest means thereunto...
الصفحة 484 - By utility is meant that property in any object, whereby it tends to produce benefit, advantage, pleasure, good, or happiness, (all this in the present case comes to the same thing) or (what comes again to the same thing) to prevent the happening of mischief, pain, evil, or unhappiness to the party whose interest is considered...
الصفحة 479 - the doing good to mankind, in " obedience to the will of God, and for the " sake of everlasting happiness...
الصفحة 45 - You have shown me a strange image, and they are strange prisoners. Like ourselves, I replied ; and they see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave?
الصفحة 382 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
الصفحة 444 - When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm...
الصفحة 488 - By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness.
الصفحة 369 - For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
الصفحة 484 - A measure of government (which is but a particular kind of action, performed by a particular person or persons) may be said to be conformable to or dictated by the principle of utility, when in like manner the tendency which it has to augment the happiness of the community is greater...