Moral Philosophy: The Critical View of LifeL. MacVeagh, The Dial Press, 1925 - 320 sider |
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Side 3
... thought- ful ; to be conscious ; which to me means to be self- conscious ; to live one's life , if possible , in the clear con- sciousness of living . And to be thoughtful , intelligent , self - conscious - what is this but to be ...
... thought- ful ; to be conscious ; which to me means to be self- conscious ; to live one's life , if possible , in the clear con- sciousness of living . And to be thoughtful , intelligent , self - conscious - what is this but to be ...
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... thought ? And if there be a meaning in it , the only thing interesting is to understand that meaning . Such , as I conceive , is the at- titude of the critic of literature and art ; and such likewise , in opposition to the orthodox ...
... thought ? And if there be a meaning in it , the only thing interesting is to understand that meaning . Such , as I conceive , is the at- titude of the critic of literature and art ; and such likewise , in opposition to the orthodox ...
Side 25
... thought to thought , too many different kinds of men to rest com- fortably in the conviction that our own is the right kind . And too many standards are suggested for the integrity of " the moral standard " . All , it seems , are moral ...
... thought to thought , too many different kinds of men to rest com- fortably in the conviction that our own is the right kind . And too many standards are suggested for the integrity of " the moral standard " . All , it seems , are moral ...
Side 51
... thought into act and sympathy for those who fall . But I do not offer this as a criterion of " sound morality " , but rather to suggest that this phrase embodies a contradiction in terms . What each may venture — which means , how much ...
... thought into act and sympathy for those who fall . But I do not offer this as a criterion of " sound morality " , but rather to suggest that this phrase embodies a contradiction in terms . What each may venture — which means , how much ...
Side 52
... thought . The moral life is not so much action as thoughtful action , and the moral fruit of action is not " results " but experience of life . But the introduc- tion of thought into action changes the whole character of the problem ...
... thought . The moral life is not so much action as thoughtful action , and the moral fruit of action is not " results " but experience of life . But the introduc- tion of thought into action changes the whole character of the problem ...
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aesthetic animal answer Aristotle authoritarian authority beauty Bishop Butler categorical imperative chapter conceive conception consciousness criticism Croce difference distinction divine enjoyment Epicurean Epicurus ethics experience expression F. H. Bradley fact George Eliot grasp Greek human nature idea imagination implies impression insight intelligence interesting J. S. Mill James Fitzjames Stephen Kant least less literature living logic mark matter means merely mind modern moral ideal moral philosophy moral world moralist motive naturalistic never objective obligation order of reverence ordered society orthodox morality perhaps picture Plato poetry point of view possible pragmatic attitude present principle problem psychology question reality reflection relation religion reverence scientific sea-anemone seems self-conscious sense significance simple social Socrates soul spiritual stand standard suggest suppose T. H. Green taste theory things thought tion tradition true truth utilitarian utility virtue wonder words
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Side 291 - Brief and powerless is man's life ; on him and all his race the slow sure doom falls pitiless and dark. Blind to good and evil, reckless of destruction, omnipotent matter rolls on its relentless way; for Man, condemned to-day to lose his dearest, to-morrow himself to pass through the gate of darkness, it remains only to cherish, ere yet the blow falls, the lofty thoughts that ennoble his little day...
Side 291 - ... for Man, condemned to-day to lose his dearest, to-morrow himself to pass through the gate of darkness, it remains only to cherish, ere yet the blow falls, the lofty; thoughts that ennoble his little day; disdaining the coward| terrors of the slave of Fate, to worship at the shrine that his own hands have built; undismayed by the empire of chance, to preserve a mind free from the wanton tyranny that rules his outward life; proudly defiant of the irresistible forces that tolerate, for a moment,...
Side 115 - For the essence of humanism is that one belief of which he seems never to have doubted, that nothing which has ever interested living men and women can wholly lose its vitality — no language they have spoken nor oracle by which they have hushed their voices, no dream which has once been entertained by actual human minds, nothing about which they have ever been passionate or expended time and zeal, (pp.
Side 109 - Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied? come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.
Side 210 - Conclusion' was omitted in the second edition of this book, as I conceived it might possibly mislead some of those young men into whose hands it might fall.
Side 291 - ... hymn to Zeus, from which Paul quotes in his famous address to the men of Athens: O God, most glorious, called by many a name, Nature's great King, through endless years the same; Omnipotence, who by thy just decree Controllest all, hail Zeus, for unto thee Behooves thy creatures in all lands to call. We are thy children, we alone, of all On earth's broad ways that wander to and fro, Bearing thy image wheresoe'er we go, Therefore with songs of praise thy power I will forth show.
Side 290 - To anyone who has tried to live in sympathy with the Greek philosophers, the suggestion that they were " intellectualists " must seem ludicrous. On the contrary, Greek philosophy is based on the faith that reality is divine, and that the one thing needful is for the soul, which is akin to the divine, to enter into communion with it. It was in truth an effort to satisfy what we call the religious instinct.
Side 120 - Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much; such men are dangerous.
Side 202 - ... ought to be propagated. Alas, their propagandas! How they have filled this world with hatred, darkness, and blood! How they are still the eternal obstacle, in every home and in every heart, to a simple happiness! I...
Side 284 - The problem of life seemed too voluminous for the narrow limits of human speech, and by common consent it was abandoned to the great sea that had from the beginning enfolded it in its immense grip; to the sea that knew all, and would in time...