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... antiquity it would be exactly in the field of morals , both as to the place it occupied and the specific virtues or lack of vir- tues . For throughout antiquity there is no real , vital bond between religion and morality . Just where ...
... antiquity it would be exactly in the field of morals , both as to the place it occupied and the specific virtues or lack of vir- tues . For throughout antiquity there is no real , vital bond between religion and morality . Just where ...
Page 142
... antiquity wisdom occu- pies the highest place . It could not be otherwise . Already in the early poets there were suggestions of these cardinal vir- tues of wisdom , temperance , courage , and justice . Plato merely brings them out in ...
... antiquity wisdom occu- pies the highest place . It could not be otherwise . Already in the early poets there were suggestions of these cardinal vir- tues of wisdom , temperance , courage , and justice . Plato merely brings them out in ...
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... antiquity was satisfied with humanistic standards , with the experience and history of man , but Christian thought rises to the height of God himself . The Christian is called to be holy as his Father in heaven is holy . The standard ...
... antiquity was satisfied with humanistic standards , with the experience and history of man , but Christian thought rises to the height of God himself . The Christian is called to be holy as his Father in heaven is holy . The standard ...
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Introduction | 11 |
IV | 38 |
Greek Thought in the New Testament | 58 |
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