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... Greek moralists was exceptionally rich — the full and all - round develop- ment of a complete personality . But they thought this possible only for a small elite , even among Greeks . The basic moral problem for them was therefore a ...
... Greek moralists was exceptionally rich — the full and all - round develop- ment of a complete personality . But they thought this possible only for a small elite , even among Greeks . The basic moral problem for them was therefore a ...
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... Greek ethics was predominantly optimistic : Men , some men at least , could look forward to being as good ( that is , as happy ) as anyone can conceive of being . Whereas the Greeks identified falling away from the ideal with ignorance ...
... Greek ethics was predominantly optimistic : Men , some men at least , could look forward to being as good ( that is , as happy ) as anyone can conceive of being . Whereas the Greeks identified falling away from the ideal with ignorance ...
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... Greek philosophical thinking , as the first volume in the series shows , led up to Plato and Aristotle ; in that volume , the meaning of the earlier theories is explained in terms of their significance as steps in a developmental system ...
... Greek philosophical thinking , as the first volume in the series shows , led up to Plato and Aristotle ; in that volume , the meaning of the earlier theories is explained in terms of their significance as steps in a developmental system ...
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Abelard according actually animal argument Aristotle Aristotle's Augustine Augustine's authority Bacon believed body called cause century Christ Christian Church City of God conceived conception course created creature distinction divine doctrine Donatists Duns Duns's Empire essence eternal ethics evil existence experience fact faith Father finite follows Gnostics God's grace Greek held Hence human Ibid individual instance intellect Jesus Jesus movement Jews kind knowledge live Lord man's Manichees matter means medieval merely metaphysical Middle Ages mind Mithraism moral moved movement mystic nature Neoplatonism notion object Occam orthodoxy particular Paul Pelagians perfect philosophical Plato Plotinus point of view possible principle problem Ques question rational reality reason salvation seems sense Socrates soul spirit substance Summa Contra Gentiles Summa Theologica Thee theology theory things Thomas Thomistic Thou thought truth understand universe unmoved mover virtue whole words Yahweh