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Page 49
... practice of virtue was not only infinitely to be preferred before all the sinful pleasures in the world , but also that a man ought without scruple to choose if the case was proposed to him , rather to undergo all possible worldly ...
... practice of virtue was not only infinitely to be preferred before all the sinful pleasures in the world , but also that a man ought without scruple to choose if the case was proposed to him , rather to undergo all possible worldly ...
Page 69
... practice , that it is futile to examine the foundations of our moral code . Those who make this mistake are uncritically espousing a set of beliefs and prejudices belonging to their climate of opinion . Of these it may be said that they ...
... practice , that it is futile to examine the foundations of our moral code . Those who make this mistake are uncritically espousing a set of beliefs and prejudices belonging to their climate of opinion . Of these it may be said that they ...
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... practice the other - considering ideal , to which I gave my chief loyalty , if I joined and made use of the Christian Church , or the Humanist Society , or whatever . Then - assuming I had judged rightly - I would be a fool not to do so ...
... practice the other - considering ideal , to which I gave my chief loyalty , if I joined and made use of the Christian Church , or the Humanist Society , or whatever . Then - assuming I had judged rightly - I would be a fool not to do so ...
Contents
FOREWORD by the Reverend Canon Ronald H Preston | 8 |
A Selfobeying | 27 |
B Otherobeying | 37 |
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