Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essaysRobert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 - 644 pages Complements Great Books of the Western World; includes only short works and excerpts from longer works. |
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Page 483
... nature implies , of a close relation if not absolute identity be- tween what is and what ought to be , certainly derives part of its hold on the mind from the custom of designating what is by the expression “ laws of nature , ” while ...
... nature implies , of a close relation if not absolute identity be- tween what is and what ought to be , certainly derives part of its hold on the mind from the custom of designating what is by the expression “ laws of nature , ” while ...
Page 485
... nature , or conformity to nature , is held up not as a simply prudential but as an ethical maxim , and by those who talk of jus naturae , even as a law , fit to be administered by tribunals and enforced by sanctions . Right action must ...
... nature , or conformity to nature , is held up not as a simply prudential but as an ethical maxim , and by those who talk of jus naturae , even as a law , fit to be administered by tribunals and enforced by sanctions . Right action must ...
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... Nature promote good ends , still , as no one believes that good ends would be promoted by our following the example , the course of Nature cannot be a proper model for us to imitate . Either it is right that we should kill because Nature ...
... Nature promote good ends , still , as no one believes that good ends would be promoted by our following the example , the course of Nature cannot be a proper model for us to imitate . Either it is right that we should kill because Nature ...
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