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Page 107
... moral philos- ophy : " ... this civil faculty , which is also called Moral Philosophy , is the most principal science and is set above all other human sciences . . . . Hence it belongs to this civil and moral faculty to consider and ...
... moral philos- ophy : " ... this civil faculty , which is also called Moral Philosophy , is the most principal science and is set above all other human sciences . . . . Hence it belongs to this civil and moral faculty to consider and ...
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... moral rejection ; Hercules rejects Vice and elects Virtue on the basis of his rational insight into their contrasting claims and prom- ises . In the philosophical and theological tradition concerning the summum bonum , on the other hand ...
... moral rejection ; Hercules rejects Vice and elects Virtue on the basis of his rational insight into their contrasting claims and prom- ises . In the philosophical and theological tradition concerning the summum bonum , on the other hand ...
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... moral habits . They reshape , redefine and deform - his character . Behind these renewed affirmations of an evil purpose lie ethical presuppositions that Milton shared with Aristotle - the conception of virtues and vices as habits ...
... moral habits . They reshape , redefine and deform - his character . Behind these renewed affirmations of an evil purpose lie ethical presuppositions that Milton shared with Aristotle - the conception of virtues and vices as habits ...
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PART ITHE HEROIC IMAGE | 21 |
The Hero of Faith | 44 |
Messianic Ministry As Epic | 58 |
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