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Page xviii
... moral obligations , is groundless and all the more so , be- cause in his ethical treatises he has avoided Scepticism ... morality he does not admit Scepticism at all . In fact he lays down in this branch of Ethics a definite system ...
... moral obligations , is groundless and all the more so , be- cause in his ethical treatises he has avoided Scepticism ... morality he does not admit Scepticism at all . In fact he lays down in this branch of Ethics a definite system ...
Page xix
... Morality " 9 . In other places , however , Cicero points out the distinction between the two schools , without regard to the contradiction in which he thereby involves himself . Of all the philosophical systems that prevailed at Rome 10 ...
... Morality " 9 . In other places , however , Cicero points out the distinction between the two schools , without regard to the contradiction in which he thereby involves himself . Of all the philosophical systems that prevailed at Rome 10 ...
Page xx
... morally good is alone and at all times expedient , than to maintain with others that there are virtuous actions which are not expedient , and expedient which are immoral . Notwithstanding he cannot accept all their conclusions . Much is ...
... morally good is alone and at all times expedient , than to maintain with others that there are virtuous actions which are not expedient , and expedient which are immoral . Notwithstanding he cannot accept all their conclusions . Much is ...
Page xxiv
... ἀρτιότης . δι ' αὐτὰ μέν , ὅτι κατὰ φύσιν ἐστί · δι ̓ ἕτερα δέ , ὅτι περιποιεῖ χρείας οὐκ ὀλιγάς . ὁμοίως δὲ ἔχει καὶ τὸ ἀποπροηγμένον κατὰ τὸν ἐναντίον λόγον . the only evil is that which is morally bad . xxiv Introduction.
... ἀρτιότης . δι ' αὐτὰ μέν , ὅτι κατὰ φύσιν ἐστί · δι ̓ ἕτερα δέ , ὅτι περιποιεῖ χρείας οὐκ ὀλιγάς . ὁμοίως δὲ ἔχει καὶ τὸ ἀποπροηγμένον κατὰ τὸν ἐναντίον λόγον . the only evil is that which is morally bad . xxiv Introduction.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero Hubert Ashton Holden. the only evil is that which is morally bad . This identity of the morally good and the expedient the Stoics expressed by the axiom μόνον ἀγαθὸν τὸ καλόν , nihil honestum nisi quod utile , nihil ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero Hubert Ashton Holden. the only evil is that which is morally bad . This identity of the morally good and the expedient the Stoics expressed by the axiom μόνον ἀγαθὸν τὸ καλόν , nihil honestum nisi quod utile , nihil ...
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