The Moral & Social Significance of the Conception of PersonalityClarendon Press, 1921 - 159 páginas |
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... direct bearing on the theory of conduct , with reference to metaphysics only so far as ethical or political problems turn out to demand it . In the main there are two questions , as we have already seen , to be considered : how far is ...
... direct bearing on the theory of conduct , with reference to metaphysics only so far as ethical or political problems turn out to demand it . In the main there are two questions , as we have already seen , to be considered : how far is ...
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... direct result of our impulse or will . Every point in this position would need further defence , and some will receive further elucidation later . Here it needs only to be remarked that the distinction within the valuable of moral good ...
... direct result of our impulse or will . Every point in this position would need further defence , and some will receive further elucidation later . Here it needs only to be remarked that the distinction within the valuable of moral good ...
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... direct his life in response to the suggestions of past experience and the canons of conduct that reflective thinking may discover . All this of itself would not suffice to make us call any one of whom it was true a personality , and at ...
... direct his life in response to the suggestions of past experience and the canons of conduct that reflective thinking may discover . All this of itself would not suffice to make us call any one of whom it was true a personality , and at ...
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... direct practical affairs of life to the enjoyments and varied activities of man's leisure ; and moralists will be divided between those who , like Carlyle , exhort men to find in their work the fullest fruition of their powers , and ...
... direct practical affairs of life to the enjoyments and varied activities of man's leisure ; and moralists will be divided between those who , like Carlyle , exhort men to find in their work the fullest fruition of their powers , and ...
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... direct a seeking for economic advantages as the selfishness of a confirmed epicurean or the grasping covetousness of a miser . But , now suppose that a man could place his labour to greater advantage at a place far removed from his ...
... direct a seeking for economic advantages as the selfishness of a confirmed epicurean or the grasping covetousness of a miser . But , now suppose that a man could place his labour to greater advantage at a place far removed from his ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
absolute action activities admitted Aristotle artist association beauty become bodies called casuistry Church citizen co-operation conscious consider contemplation corporate creature definite degree of coherence deliberative assemblies demand desire devotion difficulty discussion distinction Divine Comedy division of labour doctrine duties economic economist elements enjoyment ethical evil exaltation exchange exist expression fact fellows finite persons forms of society further harmony Hegel Hegelian highest human ideal imperfect importance individual infinite interests Karl Marx knowledge labour legal fiction less live man's means merely metaphysical mind modern moral value moralist narrow nature necessary object organizations perfect philosophy Plato pleasure political possible powers practical problem produced question realized reason Rechtsphilosophie regard relation secure seems self-conscious self-realization sense simply spirit subordinate suppose supreme theory theory of conduct things thinkers thought Trade Unions true truth unity universal various Weltgeist whole
Passagens conhecidas
Página 62 - I went in curiosity for a day. I stayed for a week, held spell-bound by the charm and ease of everything, by the middle-class paradise, without a sin, without a victim, without a blot, without a tear. And yet what was my own astonishment, on emerging into the dark and wicked world again, to catch myself quite unexpectedly and involuntarily saying: "Ouf! what a relief! Now for something primordial and savage, even though it were as bad as an Armenian massacre, to set the balance straight again.
Página 35 - For in point of contents, thought is only true in proportion as it sinks itself in the facts ; and in point of form it is no private or particular state or act of the subject, but rather that attitude of consciousness where the abstract self, freed from all the special limitations to which its ordinary states or qualities are liable, restricts itself to that universal action in which it is identical with all individuals.
Página 105 - And they placed them on the heavenly tablets, each had thirteen weeks; from one to another (passed) their memorial, from the first to the second, and from the second to the third, and from the third to the fourth.
Página 102 - Those," he held, "who cannot be enthusiastic in the study of society as it is, would not be so in the study of a better society if they had it. 'Here or nowhere is your America.
Página 47 - The older moralists frequently made use of the expression " self-love," and in doing so generally confounded under this term two different sentiments, selflove and self-respect. Self-love is fortunately a comparatively rare sentiment ; it is the self-regarding sentiment of the thoroughly selfish man, the meaner sort of egoist. Such a man feels a tender emotion for himself, he indulges in self-pity ; he may have little positive self-feeling and may be incapable of...
Página 42 - In this sense, but only in this sense, is it true that "each one is to count for one and no one for more than one", as Bentham postulated so justly but, in view of his predominant interest in sheer maximization of happiness, so inconsistently.
Página 95 - ... the expected interest and there is talk of repudiation. That being so, I believe that you will be, and indeed I think that you ought to be, indignant, morally, righteously indignant. Now the question that I want to raise is this: Who is it that really owes you money? Nusquamia. Granted, but can you convert the proposition that Nusquamia owes you money into a series of propositions imposing duties on certain human beings that are now in existence ? The task will not be easy. Clearly you do not...
Página 90 - the board of directors is the brain and the only brain of the company which is the body, and the company can and does act only through them.
Página 58 - Wer Grosses will, muss sich zusammenraffen : In der Beschrankung zeigt sich erst der Meister, Und das Gesetz nur kann uns Freiheit geben.
Página ii - Es ist der Gang Gottes in der Welt dass der Staat ist ; sein Grund ist die Gewalt der sich als Wille verwirklichenden Vernunft.