| 单词 | summum bonum |
| 例句 | “Stealing the mascot is the summum bonum. If you can capture that, there are no boundaries in life.” A Covert Coup for Cadets: Steal the Mascot 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The modern student of monasticism, bred in an age which regards freedom as its summum bonum and holds discipline at a discount, cannot but feel sympathy with the nuns. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The latter statement admits an ideal, summum bonum—namely, pleasure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z This, and perhaps a battle-field and a dashing charge every now and then, would probably have realized his dreams of the summum bonum. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z A man often deems that negative condition of freedom the summum bonum; not so an affectionate woman. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The parrot-like reading of the Koran in Arabic is the summum bonum of the teaching. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z I remember more than one passage which seemed to show that you considered Nirvana to be annihilation; and the aim and summum bonum of the Buddhist to escape existence finally and utterly. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z It is true that pleasure is the summum bonum of Epicurus, but his conception of that pleasure is profoundly modified by the Socratic doctrine of prudence and the eudaemonism of Aristotle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z This fulness of life has been the summum bonum, the highest good, which mankind has sighed for in every age and clime. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z It destroys all moral and natural good which comes within its influence, and madly proclaims itself the summum bonum for mankind! An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z Love is the summum bonum, and every manifestation of it has something divine. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z She must bare her body of all sorts of ornaments, even the iron and the gold bangles, which once constituted the summum bonum of her life. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z After all, if what is good for a nation is more important than what is good for a family, surely the greatest good, the secular summum bonum, is the good of the human race. Secular humanists on the real planet of the apes 2011-08-23T11:01:00Z The summum bonum of their desires and aspirations is to pass smoothly and quietly through life. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z “Aw,” said the ancient, picking up his sticks, and delivering his philosophy of the summum bonum with intense gusto. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z But material gains may not be the summum bonum of the express business. The Express Companies of the United States A Study of a Public Utility 2011-08-11T02:00:14.563Z At this time of life too, tranquillity is the summum bonum. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z According to this system, the summum bonum consists in the highest improvement of all the mental and bodily faculties. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z And the tendency to literature, as represented by Emerson, is the farthest opposite of Communism, finding its summum bonum in individualism and incoherent instead of organic inspiration. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Similarly the conception of the self as a moral unity arises naturally out of the impossibility of finding the summum bonum in a succession of transient states of consciousness such as hedonism for example postulates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z They have been taught to look upon the advancement of their Church as the thing to be striven for upon earth, the summum bonum to be aimed at. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:18.213Z Therefore those who wish for the summum bonum of man must not accept the doctrine of Buddha, but rather honour only the Árhata doctrine. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy Hence the summum bonum necessarily consists in the prima Naturæ or perfect soundness of mind and body. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z If it be not in accordance with your ideas of the summum bonum, remember that it is not his. The Gay Adventure A Romance What is the supreme good, the summum bonum? A Critical History of Greek Philosophy His views on the summum bonum are not clearly known even to his disciple and successor Clitomachus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" If to sell all is the summum bonum, go, see the broker now and have done with it.' Windyridge The summum bonum is the maximum of pleasure with the minimum of pain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" To get all you want is, indeed, the summum bonum, the Ultima Thule, the ne plus ultra of political management. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The first question for ethics is the nature of the summum bonum. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The summum bonum he placed in a life according to virtue. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero However, at last we were both too eager to enjoy the summum bonum of earthly felicity to give up much time to the preliminaries. Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover And it is the unblushing teaching of the Shastras that obedience to caste is the fulfilment of duty and the summum bonum of life. India, Its Life and Thought In the Nikomachean and Eudemian Ethics he analyzes the meaning of virtue, gives a list and classification of the virtues and discusses the summum bonum or the aim of human life. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy We must repeat here the warning which was found necessary in the case of Plato, who also called the summum bonum happiness. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The summum bonum he considered to be a contented acquiescence in the decrees of the Deity. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero To resemble their ancestors is the summum bonum of their life. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ They are his ultimate criteria and resort, and they conflict with those which the supplanting faith presents as the summum bonum of life. India, Its Life and Thought The very passage from Jeremiah which he quotes as summing up his idea of the summum bonum, speaks against him, and he only succeeds in manipulating it in his favor by misinterpreting the word "wise." A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Happiness is, therefore, in Plato, merely another name for the summum bonum. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy “Now first you must repeat after me the summum bonum.” Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe "He that hath not thought much about God, the human soul, and the summum bonum, may indeed be a thriving earth-worm, but he will make a sorry patriot, and a sorry statesman." Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters In consonance with this, the salvation which is exalted as the summum bonum, to be forever sought by the one, is self-knowledge, by the other self-realization in conformity to the Divine Will. India, Its Life and Thought Another time on the first representation of a new play, the audience expressed great dissatisfaction at a speech in which he called “riches the summum bonum, and the admiration of gods and men.” The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 And we are still left to enquire: what is the summum bonum? what is happiness? A Critical History of Greek Philosophy She was not avaricious; she did not look to money as the summum bonum;—certainly not to marry for money's sake. The Bertrams You cannot govern men on a principle of averages; and to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market is not the summum bonum of life. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete He has discovered that Greek and Latin are of no more practical use than Choctaw—which is perfectly true, if the useless money-bag be our summum bonum. American Sketches 1908 We will have found life's summum bonum indeed. The Pursuit of God What is this end in itself, this summum bonum, at which all human activity ultimately aims. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy It is the moral law which determines the will, and, in this will, the perfect harmony of the mind with the moral law, is the supreme condition of the summum bonum. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Sir Jacob's blue nose seated opposite to her will not be her summum bonum. Orley Farm This new emotional centre offered the human summum bonum: release from oneself. The Daughters of Danaus Home at present was the summum bonum of her wishes. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story In saying that the summum bonum is happiness, Plato is not telling us anything about it. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Christianity alone affords an idea of the summum bonum which answers fully to the requirement of practical reason. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics He had always placed the summum bonum of life in tranquillity, and not in excitement. Gryll Grange Eight years later, being dissatisfied, he falls in with Aprile, an Italian poet, and resolves to seek the summum bonum in love. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The question here is of the summum bonum or chief good. A Short History of Greek Philosophy And if this were all, philosophy, the knowledge of the Ideas, would be the sole constituent of the summum bonum. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The contrast in which he placed the Christian blessing of salvation has in principle nothing in common with the contract in which Greek philosophy viewed the summum bonum. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Says the fat Gormandiser, "To eat and to drink Is the true summum bonum of man: Life is nothing without it, whate'er you may think, And it 's wrong not to live while you can." The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century He is one of the new school, always emotionless, looks on money as the summum bonum, and all as fair that puts money in his purse. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 To that exclamation of the nineteenth century writer the medieval seer answers with conviction that the summum bonum is to be found only in the intellect's attaining Truth. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 The Christian is naturally unwilling to adopt the Horatian philosophy as a whole, but with its summum bonum, and with many of its recommendations, he is in perfect accord. Horace and His Influence At this time of life, too, tranquillity is the summum bonum. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Now Paul has learned that; and in this noble eulogy he has given us the most wonderful and original account extant of the summum bonum. The Greatest Thing In the World and Other Addresses It is that the state in which the mind ceases to think discursively and is concentrated on itself is not only desirable but the summum bonum. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Thirdly, as the result of this worshipful approach to religious reality, we have the profound peace and harmony, the summum bonum of existence, coupled with strong moral purpose which characterize her life. Preaching and Paganism Aristippus, he says, placed his summum bonum in bodily pleasure, and therefore could be no friend to the strict regimen of the accomplished orator. A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements The summum bonum with me is now truly epicurean, ease of body and tranquillity of mind; and to these I wish to consign my remaining days. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Every one has asked himself the great question of antiquity as of the modern world: What is the summum bonum—the supreme good? The Greatest Thing In the World and Other Addresses Why, the magic letters express the concentrated essence of human felicity—the summum bonum of mortal bliss! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 Life was at last a thing much to be desired, and the Giver of life was good, and the summum bonum was deathless love. Audrey The hundreds of diverse and conflicting opinions of learned writers on the summum bonum, or chief good, proves to demonstration, that without supernatural revelation and regeneration, man cannot conceive in what happiness consists. Notes on the Apocalypse High profits are regarded as the summum bonum,—no matter how obtained, or at what sacrifice. Thrift Woman's summum bonum is the almost equally incompatible combination of a well-regulated family and the height of fashionable gaiety. Hints for Lovers If the Sudras, or fourth-caste men, are excluded from the summum bonum of humanity--absorption in the one great all--how much more are Pariahs, or non-caste men, deprived of this great boon! The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy We know that the end of morality is the 296 summum bonum, although we cannot, as long as we are progressive, define its whole content, or find it fully realized in any action. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher The summum bonum of life is attained when all impurities are removed and the pure nature of the self is thoroughly and permanently apprehended and all other extraneous connections with it are absolutely dissociated. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 In his chapter on the Cynic and Cyrenaic schools, he discusses at length the summum bonum, or Happiness, and, by implication, the Ethical end, or Standard. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics We have seen that coal is not the summum bonum of the series. The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes A caravan, which in addition to shirts and stockings could have carried about one's books and writing tackle would have seemed the summum bonum of human felicity. What I Remember, Volume 2 I left her with regret After all, Charles, she is the summum bonum of my life. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton Hedonism, the doctrine of the Cyrenaics that pleasure is the end of life, and the measure of virtue, or the summum bonum. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Exemption from further transmigration, and absorption into the divine soul, was the summum bonum of Hindú philosophy. Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama The other main type of university enthrones 'research' as its summum bonum. The History of University Education in Maryland Everyone has asked himself the great question of antiquity as of the modern world: What is the summum bonum—the supreme good? The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index Considering the situation in which Andy and his friends were, and the appetite of the Irish peasantry for meat in any shape—"a bone" being their summum bonum—the risk was very little. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 562, Saturday, August 18, 1832. While the manly man of the woods is breathing Nature like an Amreeta draught, is it anything less than the summum bonum? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Fattening through the endless summer, Like his own provision ground,He had reached the summum bonum Which our latest wits have found. Andromeda and Other Poems In the rush and tumult of the world it is likely that the summum bonum of nine-tenths of mankind is embraced in that purely negative happiness—to get along. Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire Now, Paul had learned that; and in this noble eulogy he has given us the most wonderful and original account extant of the summum bonum. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index To live as far as possible without a disagreeable sensation was an object which Burr proposed to himself as the summum bonum, for which he drilled down and subjugated a nature of singular richness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 The mere assertion that pleasure was the summum bonum for man was so repugnant to the old Roman views that it could hardly have been made the basis of a self-sacrificing political activity. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius The principal practiser of these tactics, the summum bonum, or "good thing," of the "West Pointers" was General McClellan, "the Little Mac" of his worshipers and "the Little Napoleon" of the dazzled crowd. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form The summum bonum, or supreme good, will then be the ideal of the harmonious satisfaction of all purposes. Pragmatism This absolute good--the summum bonum--is God. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05 The Middle Ages But this is as like the philosophy of Epicurus as the holding of virtue to be the summum bonum is stoicism. Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller Epictetus gives directions for the trimming of the beard in a tone as serious as if he were speaking of the summum bonum. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius We hold the glory of God to be the summum bonum, and so do Christians generally. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler May not, then, one who recognises the ideal as his summum bonum find grace although he knows not, or even cares not, how it should have come to be so? The Fair Haven The summum bonum is personal, individual happiness, the complete gratification of desire. Essays on Russian Novelists However they are the conditions of the application of the morally determined will to its object, which is given to it a priori, viz., the summum bonum. The Critique of Practical Reason It seems that the Wamanyuema are very fond of marketing, believing it to be the summum bonum of human enjoyment. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Is it not a poor standard that, of the summum bonum? Barry Lyndon Ta Hsio, or "Superior Learning," is at the same time both the name and the subject of the discourse; it is the summum bonum of the Chinese. The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 Let us raise the war-whoop and go out for scalps; we are here only to devour one another; the summum bonum is the Chicago packer's dollar-chest! The Mason-Bees The realization of the summum bonum in the world is the necessary object of a will determinable by the moral law. The Critique of Practical Reason The end therefore of a man, or the summum bonum whereby that end is fulfilled, cannot consist in the consummation of actions purposed and intended. Meditations Now Paul has learned that; and in this noble eulogy he has given us the most wonderful and original account extant of the "summum bonum." Addresses The summum bonum of the Utilitarians, as far as we can judge from the passage which we are now considering, is the not being hanged. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 The politicians of this class have decided for themselves that the summum bonum is to be found in bread and the circus games. North America — Volume 1 Therefore, the summum bonum is possible in the world only on the supposition of a Supreme Being having a causality corresponding to moral character. The Critique of Practical Reason Their physical theory was a pantheistic materialism, their summum bonum "to live according to nature." Meditations The fifth ingredient is a somewhat strange one to find in this "summum bonum:" COURTESY. Addresses This absolute good—the summum bonum—is God. Beacon Lights of History Sterling of all men had the quickest sense for nobleness, heroism and the human summum bonum; the liveliest headlong spirit of adventure and audacity; few gifted living men less stubbornness of perseverance. Life of John Sterling A man is worthy to possess a thing or a state when his possession of it is in harmony with the summum bonum. The Critique of Practical Reason The Stoic maintained that the virtue was the whole summum bonum, and happiness only the consciousness of possessing it, as making part of the state of the subject. The Critique of Practical Reason Nor is this letter to the Corinthians peculiar in singling out love as the "summum bonum." Addresses The Epicurean maintained that happiness was the whole summum bonum, and virtue only the form of the maxim for its pursuit; viz., the rational use of the means for attaining it. The Critique of Practical Reason Illusions, in his chase of the summum bonum, were not likely to be wanting; aberrations, and wasteful changes of course, were likely to be many! Life of John Sterling It would be well to leave this word in its ancient signification as a doctrine of the summum bonum, so far as reason endeavours to make this into a science. The Critique of Practical Reason Thus the question: "How is the summum bonum practically possible?" still remains an unsolved problem, notwithstanding all the attempts at coalition that have hitherto been made. The Critique of Practical Reason But in this will the perfect accordance of the mind with the moral law is the supreme condition of the summum bonum. The Critique of Practical Reason It might almost seem as if this rational faith were here announced as itself a command, namely, that we should assume the summum bonum as possible. The Critique of Practical Reason If human nature is destined to endeavour after the summum bonum, we must suppose also that the measure of its cognitive faculties, and particularly their relation to one another, is suitable to this end. The Critique of Practical Reason |
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