Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements on Man and His Institutions by the Great Thinkers in Western HistoryMortimer Jerome Adler, Charles Lincoln Van Doren Passages from the West's great written works, ranging from the Odyssey and the Old Testament to the Interpretation of Dreams and Ulysses, comment on love, knowledge, ethics, war, art, and other abiding topics. |
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Page 272
... principle which bids him ? I should say so . And the forbidding principle is derived from reason , and that which bids and attracts proceeds from passion and disease ? Clearly . Then we may fairly assume that they are two , and that ...
... principle which bids him ? I should say so . And the forbidding principle is derived from reason , and that which bids and attracts proceeds from passion and disease ? Clearly . Then we may fairly assume that they are two , and that ...
Page 557
... principle of ethics being a categorical im- perative does not admit of proof , but it admits of a justification from principles of pure practical rea- son . Whatever in relation to mankind , to oneself , and others , can be an end ...
... principle of ethics being a categorical im- perative does not admit of proof , but it admits of a justification from principles of pure practical rea- son . Whatever in relation to mankind , to oneself , and others , can be an end ...
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... principle of all duty . Now , as all determining principles of the will , ex- cept the law of pure practical reason alone ( the moral law ) , are all empirical and , therefore , as such , belong to the principle of happiness , they must ...
... principle of all duty . Now , as all determining principles of the will , ex- cept the law of pure practical reason alone ( the moral law ) , are all empirical and , therefore , as such , belong to the principle of happiness , they must ...
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