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... Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven . ( Milton , Paradise Lost , Book 9 ) Satan , refusing to be other - obeying and serve God , here deliberately welcomes a self - obeying style of life . All that matters is that he should be ...
... Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven . ( Milton , Paradise Lost , Book 9 ) Satan , refusing to be other - obeying and serve God , here deliberately welcomes a self - obeying style of life . All that matters is that he should be ...
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... better than the other ; both would take the same course . Surely this would be strong proof that men do right only under compulsion ; no individual thinks of it as good for him personally , since he does wrong whenever he finds he has ...
... better than the other ; both would take the same course . Surely this would be strong proof that men do right only under compulsion ; no individual thinks of it as good for him personally , since he does wrong whenever he finds he has ...
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... better than one , or ( as Homer puts it ) ' When two upon a journey go , one sees before the other ' . For indeed two are better able to ' see ' a thing and to do it than is one . Then the feeling , which we find not only among men but ...
... better than one , or ( as Homer puts it ) ' When two upon a journey go , one sees before the other ' . For indeed two are better able to ' see ' a thing and to do it than is one . Then the feeling , which we find not only among men but ...
Contents
FOREWORD by the Reverend Canon Ronald H Preston | 8 |
A Selfobeying | 27 |
B Otherobeying | 37 |
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