| 单词 | casuistry |
| 例句 | With his casuistry, Whitman seems intent on convincing himself, more than anyone, that this health regimen will work. Lessons on Male Insecurity (and Indigestion) from Walt Whitman’s Men’s-Health Column 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Katherine mantled her ambition in velvet and mastered the art of casuistry, while creating a formidable Protestant power base at the heart of the court. Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle – review 2013-04-06T10:00:01Z While they will certainly provide the legal casuistry for their opinion, let’s not be played for fools: The Supreme Court’s impending repeal of Roe will be owed to more than judicial argumentation. Opinion | Too Much Church in the State 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Hill's casuistry is all too common in memoirs written by or for statesmen seeking to sanitize their own blunders and lies. What "politics" does to history: The saga of Henry Kissinger and George Shultz's right-hand man 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Johnson’s Tory fundamentalists, wrapped as they are in the casuistry of no deal, may be appalled by him talking to Corbyn. Reviving Theresa May’s deal is the only way out of the Brexit nightmare | Simon Jenkins 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z That brings me to the concept of casuistry: thinking about ethical problems by assessing a spectrum of cases to which they apply. From reproduction to the right to die: bioethics now 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Ironically, he cited the phrase “Jesuitical casuistry” in his argument, apparently unaware that he was employing it. Opinion | At war with the Peace Cross 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z As is often the case nowadays, casuistry abounds. Opinion | Donald Trump Has Endangered Species in His Sights 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z It is, they argue, based on casuistry, which gets a bad rap but historically was the idea that the ethics of a situation are based on the specifics of the actual case. Can Economists and Humanists Ever Be Friends? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z It probably hasn’t been easy to engage in the political casuistry needed to simultaneously reject and embrace Mr. Trump. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z But, given that the case is about the casuistry of what it means to fill out a form, Bush might be more on the side of Kafka on this one. Jeb’s Big Day 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z “I didn’t lie to you,” the future Jesuit responded with the casuistry for which his order has been notorious. The Crisis That Changed Pope Francis These are serious matters, with serious consequences, Mr Crowley, and the public is not well served by your resorting to or taking refuge in the equivalent of Jesuitical casuistry. Snowden Compares NSA Surveillance to Nazi War Crimes Trial 2013-07-13T17:05:21Z This is the sort of right-wing casuistry that has marked not only the 2012 campaign but nearly every day that Obama has served in office. Viewpoint: A Myopic Presidential Race Without Heart 2012-10-18T17:05:35Z Once more we found ourselves all inextricably entangled in his casuistry. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z The question of infantile communion affords an illustration of the skilful casuistry of the orthodox. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z But, amusing as it is, it shows into what depths of puerility the amorous casuistry of these romances had fallen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The predominance of the subtle intellect of Greece, and the multiplication of rhetoricians, had converted the philosophy into a school of disputation and of casuistry. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z “You mock at sacred things,” said the Jesuits to Pascal when he exposed their casuistry. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z How some of these gentlemen compound with their consciences in taking English pay and position for doing Romish work, is a standing puzzle to honest laymen untrained in casuistry. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Yet Huss was not to be enticed with such allurements; he could not quiet his conscience with casuistry such as this, and he deliberately chose death. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Men who reason with the greatest clearness on all other matters, often become insanely illogical when a guilty conscience asks for soothing casuistry. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z Cicero might hear discussed our closest questions of social casuistry, yet think as proudly of his Offices, and his Republic, as he ever did while a resident upon earth. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Yet we shrug our shoulders at their uncouth or outlandish names; we assume that from their chairs there issued naught but rhetoric, casuistries and fallacies, and that their multitudinous disciples were silly moths. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z A little reflection will show that the divisions of later law did not spring into being merely as results of legal reasoning and casuistry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z And with malicious irony he said: "And I also learnt there a little of that spirit of Jesuit casuistry, which is a force not to be despised in the struggle with other people." Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z But she raised her face when she ended, and, when the light fell upon that, he forgot all casuistry. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z Some children seem to be too fond of casuistry. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z When knowledge was a theological philosophy theologians were bound to supply thinking men with “Summæ,” or comprehensive applications and casuistries of it. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z The monarch, his favorite, a buffoon or two, and lords and ladies, love-sick or passion-inflamed, play with the casuistry of love and mingle dances and revels with bloodshed and horror. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z I will answer all these quite simply and directly without casuistry or logic-chopping and honestly desiring to avoid paradox and "cleverness." The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z But again his conscience told him next moment that such casuistry was dishonest and unworthy; he had found the thing, and, come what might, he ought to abide by the awful consequences. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z The undergraduates of Munich, however, being pupils of the Jesuits and presumably skilled in casuistry, would no doubt have been able to explain an attitude which appears inconsistent to the non-academic mind. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z By what species of casuistry does any person think it possible to put this forward as sane public policy? Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z M. Spuller: "Precisely, but all your finesse, all your casuistry will not prevent the country from understanding my words." The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z This faded mythology and formalised worship, these speculative attempts and casuistry of law, are accompanied by a completely-arranged scheme of certain abstract categories already established. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z But passing by the question of casuistry here involved, we repeat that the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch is entirely abandoned. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z The Casuistry of Advantage.—There would be no moral casuistry if there were no casuistry of advantage. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z I cannot remember by what further resource of casuistry that young man induced me to follow him another yard; yet so it was, and all the shame be mine. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Even her own cheek blushed at this casuistry, and a photograph of Pat on the mantelpiece gave her a reproachful glance. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z So she had reasoned, but the self-accusation had remained, not to be argued back by casuistry, a stern visitant that stood insistently before her, pointing the stern finger of denunciation. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z As often as she found herself confronted with these thoughts, Charlotte took refuge in a bit of casuistry. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Such subterfuges show a measure of sensibility, for a hardened liar would despise the shifts, and are curious as illustrations of the childish conscience and its unlearnt casuistry. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z I have gone so far into these questions—which might lead to a great many other problems of legal casuistry—with the desire of bringing out one essential part of the question. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z Much time was spent in explaining his conduct to orthodox Jews, or in answering questions raised by hebrew casuistry. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z The rush of thought, the casuistry, the intensity of the preceding poem, is all hushed and silent here. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z To defend its many puerilities, and even immoral tales, men have resorted to casuistry and dissimulation. How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z At the touch of Dante's staff, the flintiest rock of metaphysical dogma yields the water of life, and in his mouth the subtlest discussion of casuistry becomes a lamp to our feet. Dante Six Sermons 2011-06-24T02:00:17.117Z Some modern authors, confining themselves to casuistry, speak almost exclusively of the perfection of actions, a method less logical and less thorough. On Union with God 2011-06-14T02:00:24.337Z With this fine weapon, in great part, it was, wielded like a magician’s invisible wand, that Pascal did his memorable execution on the Jesuitical system of morals and casuistry, in the “Provincial Letters.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The Jesuit’s casuistry, which went to prove that all sorts of evil things might under certain circumstances and under such and such restrictions become actual virtues, was swept away by Pascal’s clear-sighted common sense. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z He admired the logical penetration of Pascal, his rigidity of thought, his unalterable ideal of duty, more than the easy-going casuistry of his opponents. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Accordingly, he proposes and decides a good many questions in casuistry, in order to fix in what situations one may seek private gain with honour. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z It accused him, besides those misdemeanors many times previously exploited, of clumsy casuistry, of falsehood regarding his transaction with Colburn, of ill-breeding in dragging his wife into such a book. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z I had plenty of such casuistry as this ready, had you asked for it. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The casuistry of trade, however, discovered a way to gratify the Indians with their favourite cordial without incurring the ecclesiastical penalties, by giving, instead of selling it to them. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z No—she would not allow her mind to be cheated by female sophistry; nor yet by the male casuistry of, "The end sanctifies the means." Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z For you are English boys, the sons of English gentlemen, to whom the atmosphere of casuistry, of concealment, of subtlety, is unknown; by whom such an atmosphere would be rejected with scorn. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z It is not by any casuistry about the injustice I should have done, had I bestowed a moiety where I had promised a whole heart. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Such debates are only casuistry from beginning to end. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z In tracing the development of casuistry we have been carried beyond the great crisis through which Western Christianity passed in the 16th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z You are too sharp in your casuistry; but you have been living with only men latterly, and the strong-minded race always impart some of their hardness to the women who associate with them. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z The method taken by our commander to refute his casuistry, was to send him back to his confinement, and not, permit him to be released, till he had been punished with six lashes more. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z He has a very agreeable, riante expression about his face, and is somewhat given to casuistry, being fond of an argument, when occasion presents itself. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z "Not comprehending casuistry, I don't quite see how your promise to papa, to observe silence respecting the differences of the two Churches, is less binding than your promise to mamma of silence respecting Lady Lorrimer." Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z One result of this was a marked development and systematization of casuistry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z It is the ever-recurring conflict between lofty idealism and the facts of human life, which is softened, if not solved, from age to age by casuistry. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius No sophistry can controvert it—no casuistry entangle it. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution And I also am too honest a man to consent to the pitiful compromises and casuistries, which most clergymen drag with them through life as galley-slaves do the chains which grow into their flesh. The Children of the World As for me, no casuistry is needed to tell me I am dishonored, and just as little to tell me I must be avenged! The Fortunes Of Glencore Their thefts can be justified only by that casuistry which holds stealing the relics of saints for a pious fraud. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses A sudden throb of speechless agony seemed to overwhelm them both, submerging all arguments, all casuistry, all obligations to others, in a molten ocean of love and pain. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days Very soon, however, these relics of casuistry were swept away by the rising tide of common-sense. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" In the arts, one can believe without casuistry, beauty ultimately transforms the beast. The Book of This and That There is but one intolerable ill, one that no time alleviates, no casuistry diminishes,—loss of honor! The Fortunes Of Glencore There are cases undoubtedly in which these mixed advantages for the person and for the creed would so blend as to offer a difficult problem in casuistry to a delicate conscience. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 "And do you imagine to be able to bring the heretics back to the cause of God with such miserable casuistry?" asked the enraged Paul. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Hence they deliberately refuse to engage in casuistry of the old-fashioned sort. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" "Innate casuistry of man, to change the objects by changing their names, and to find loopholes for breaking tradition inside of tradition where a direct interest was a sufficient motive." The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State Artful and designing always, he scrupled at nothing to attain an object, and could employ a casuistry to enforce his views far more creditable to his craft than to his candor. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Iphigénie, 1674, has much more liveliness and variety, the deep pathos and terror of the situation making even Racine's interminable love casuistry natural and interesting. A Short History of French Literature What reply the old negro would have made to this bit of home-made casuistry will never be known. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction Here ceremonial 486 casuistry found no place, because there were no sacred books. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" "Bother your casuistry!" replied the vicar's wife, dismissing him with a wave of the hand. Windyridge Having once persuaded himself that his friends were faithless to him, he set about accounting for it by every casuistry he could think of. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience The intricate casuistries of the Jesuits are unfolded in the gravest fashion and without the least exaggeration or burlesque, but with a running comment or rather insinuation of sarcasm which is irresistible. A Short History of French Literature St. Paul taught that an unhealthy casuistry would be best counteracted by doing all things unto the Lord. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews In their hands casuistry became the art of finding such exceptions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" This ingenious bit of casuistry convinced some of the listeners; and the archbishop and several lords went at once to Westminster to try to persuade the Queen to give up her boy. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History Who has not, at some time or other of his life, experienced the force of that casuistry which is begotten of suspicion? Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Bella shuddered at the words, and Sonnenkamp exclaimed,— "O Bella! noble soul, alone great among women, cast away all these European casuistries; with a single step put this whole, old-maidish Europe behind you!" Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Threats, cajolery, and artful casuistry were all tried. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History Elaborate rules are accordingly drawn up to secure the maximum of benefit, and the minimum of inconvenience, from this sacred fire; and in the application of these rules does savage casuistry consist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" At the same time it gave rise also to ritualistic piety, which, while tenaciously clinging to the traditional practice of the law, fostered hair-splitting casuistry and caused the petrifaction of religion in the codified Halakah. Jewish Theology He did so forthwith; and no less than fourteen monks from the convent of Our Lady of Atocha, and two from another quarter, were brought together to settle this strange point of casuistry. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 It is true, that no such case had ever actually occurred, so that it was a mere romance of casuistry to tax myself with cowardice so shocking. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Such casuistry was natural to the Englishman of Falstaff's day, who took his Catholicism as literally as any Sicilian peasant may take his to-day. A Novelist on Novels But common-sense and conscience are quite as definite guides as logic or authority; and there seems no good reason for refusing to give the name of casuistry to their operations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The casuistry of her speech made no convert. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly It exercised no faculties of the mind excepting the memory and such powers of reasoning as are employed in subtle casuistry. Women of Early Christianity The affable smile with which she now met him did more to resolve these doubts than all his casuistry. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Were these the signs of conscious rectitude, or were they the evidence of a spirit seeking rest in casuistry and self-deception. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The casuistry of primitive man is uncompromisingly legal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Their casuistry was from the first addressed to the corrupt and disordered state of society occasioned by long religious warfare. Priests, Women, and Families The answer of Jerome to the above-mentioned opinions of Vigilantius is a curious mixture of violence and casuistry. A Treatise on Relics "I 'll tell you why, then," said he, and a sparkling gleam of cunning lit up his eye, as the casuistry crossed his mind. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "I have no leisure for casuistry, nor is it my humor, sir," replied he angrily. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II Though indeed we might look nearer home than the Talmud for similar absurdities; most Puritan communities could furnish strange freaks of Sabbatarian casuistry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" We have seen how, since Pascal, they themselves wrote against their own casuistry. Priests, Women, and Families How different from the soliloquy of the dark and treacherous Bernard, seeking in the sophistry and casuistry of philosophy to justify his selfishness, were the thoughts of his noble victim! Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion His advice was frequently asked in delicate questions of conduct, and he was humorously reminded that, by his own capacity as well as by the title of his chair, he was a professor of casuistry. Studies in Contemporary Biography "Spare me your casuistry, sir," replied he, with an insolent wave of his hand, while he sank into a chair, and laid his head upon the table. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II In Protestant countries casuistry shrank and dwindled, though works on the subject continued to be written both in Germany and England during the 17th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The possibilities of moral casuistry have been severely tested in the attempt of these apologists for Germany to defend the forcible invasion of Belgium. The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia This casuistry was meant for the world; that mysticism for the convent. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages This hypocritical twaddle, this licentious casuistry, was “very good style” in Germany then, and was highly appreciated. German Problems and Personalities In casuistry this author is quite at home; and, with a boldness greater even than his puritanical severity, has exhausted every topic on virtue and vice. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature “O well, at that rate!” he exclaimed, with complete relief; “that’s casuistry.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) In these matters an ounce of tact is worth a pound of casuistry. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' To the devil with all casuistry! and leave the state to Gondremark, as heretofore. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) There is a certain casuistry involved in the most Christian charity: "thinketh no evil," sometimes even implies an effort to think that there is no harm in evil according to the intention in it. Sir Tom Action, then, be mine; and into the deep sea with all this paralysing casuistry. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI There is at least no diseased casuistry about you. The Gates Between Shaftesbury was a Deist, and while professing to honour the Christian faith, which he terms 'our holy religion,' exercises his wit and casuistry and command of English to undermine it. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) Macaulay, for example, was once required to argue the point of political casuistry as to the degree of independent action permissible to members of a Cabinet. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) So are all principles in intricate cases; why else have Christian divines written so many tons of casuistry? Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) She would never have stooped to casuistry or self-deception, but she would never have hesitated. East of the Shadows The compiler of the Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea was Bishop Sanderson, famous among English theologians as an authority on casuistry. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer It is a fascinating problem in casuistry, and Godwin with his usual decision of mind, has no doubt about the solution. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle He replied that these regulations were not part of the divine law, but later accretions the product of theological casuistry, and that they tended to obscure the real divine duties. The Social Principles of Jesus While no doubt guided in the main by the noble spirit of their religion, they are led by their system into many absurdities, and their casuistry even becomes at times immoral. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems But this casuistry did not go down, though he tried to hammer it down with many violent gestures. The Heart of Thunder Mountain Cranmer tries to contrive an escape for him, An opening seemed to be offered in these expressions which was caught at by Cranmer's kindhearted casuistry. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. He has a knack of happy illustration, and a way of enforcing his points by putting problems in casuistry which have an alluring human interest. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle See skulking Faith to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head; Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause and is no more. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Taking advantage of this personal achievement in casuistry, Brother Ambrose promptly untied the scroll and began reading. G-r-r-r...! In the last months of his residence he had charge of a bill upon oaths and declarations, which suggests some curious points of casuistry. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Yet since no more was heard of Paul de Roustache, and the Countess's journey remained an unbroken secret, these questions of casuistry need not be raised. Captain Dieppe The boy must have immediately perceived the object of his nurse's casuistry. Practical Education, Volume I Ambrose Gifford had, no doubt, by subtle casuistry persuaded himself that he was doing good to the boy. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney Among them were some old works of theological casuistry, Metastasio, a translation of Voltaire's plays, and a geographical dictionary in Italian. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. The Talmud contains a system of casuistry in reference to the doctrines of intention and legal uncleanness. Hebrew Literature The strain of casuistry used in this speech is very remarkable. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar Pharisaism, therefore, whether Jewish or Gentile, ancient or modern, which replaces the moral law by casuistry, and the enlightened judgment of the individual by the confessional, creates a narrow character and mechanical morals. The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit But I swear that's the genuine Jesuit casuistry and I swear that it all happened word for word as I've told you. The Brothers Karamazov This was the flimsiest casuistry, as he well knew. Otherwise Phyllis When Mr Wentworth was able to tear himself from the agreeable casuistry of this self-discussion, he got up in much better spirits to go about his daily business. The Perpetual Curate A strange piece of casuistry indeed! but nowise unsuited to the spirit of a man who was to commit the gravest of crimes, purely from a misplaced virtue. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar Like the sophists of Rome and Alexandria at that time, the most celebrated teachers in the academies of Babylonia and Palestine for centuries gave themselves up to casuistry. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Bentham discusses some cases of casuistry in order to show the relation between the tendency of an action and the intention and motives of the agent. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Instances of this class might be multiplied; but they are all instances in which there is no obscurity as to our obligation or duty, and therefore no question for moral casuistry. A Manual of Moral Philosophy This avoids the nice questions of legal casuistry which have embarrassed the English courts, and it is the more rational rule, for creditors are not concerned with a debtor's intention. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" His longest work, the Ductor Dubitantium, an elaborate manual of casuistry, is constantly marred by the author's inability to fix on a single point, and to keep his argumentation close to that. A History of Elizabethan Literature Further, its casuistry is impracticable; because the more you stir the said 'fire' the stronger hold it takes. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Nevertheless, after all casuistry, we know what is meant by “selfish,” as an undue regard. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" It was the eternal quarrel between the wisdom and caution and casuistry of the world and the uncompromising vision of the poet and prophet. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The subject is one by itself, more or less entering into the whole question of morals, and especially the immense fabric of casuistry or moral theology built up by successive teachers in the Jesuit schools. Pascal At first they were rejected, but his haughty spirit and conscience were at length both reconciled to the casuistry that the fulfilment of forced promises may be eluded. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History That inherited casuistry of temperament, which had confused the pleasant with the true for generations, had become in her less a moral conviction than a fixed quality of soul. Virginia Certainly it would be a false casuistry that would say so. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 He refuses to leave art to the artist, science to the scientist, religion to the theologian, or the delicate art of natural casuistry to the professional moralist. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The system of casuistry was one not solely of Jesuitical invention. Pascal His sense of honour and his general benevolence, though both useful, might come into collision; and the most difficult of all questions of casuistry arise from such conflicts between private and public affections. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill I cannot but think a man’s heart is gone something wrong when he begins to meddle with casuistry. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall They were an antidote to all casuistry; for Selina to forget them—that was the beginning and the end of shame. A London Life and Other Tales His first act of aggression was one that no casuistry can excuse, no necessity justify—one alike dishonorable and impolitic. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) He fought for Udal against the same lying spirit of legal casuistry which was to destroy himself. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography These differences have not to be marked by finely drawn lines of casuistry. Amusement: A Force in Christian Training The very minute that Adam fell from innocence, he took refuge in casuistry. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall It is all cant, my friends—nothing but cant; and at its base lies the old dispute between principle and casuistry. From a Cornish Window A New Edition Ovid's Art of Love, of which more than one rendering was made, aided in the formation or development of the medi�val theory of love and the amorous casuistry founded upon that theory. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. The Jesuits invented a system of casuistry which confused all established ideas of moral obligation. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges When love to God is the moving principle of a man's life, it develops in him an insight which guides him unerringly through questions where casuistry would become hopelessly entangled. Amusement: A Force in Christian Training I do not understand the hair-splitting casuistry which separates the man from the Christian.... The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada But it would be little less than a crime to involve the simple soul of Tim Gorman in the maze of two separate kinds of casuistry. Gossamer 1915 Notwithstanding the faded gallantries and amorous casuistry of La Calpren�de's interminable romances, a certain spirit of real heroism, offspring of the writer's ardent imagination and bright southern temper, breathes through them. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. But the corruptions of the Jesuits, their system of casuistry, their lax morality, their disgraceful intrigues, their unprincipled rapacity, do not belong to the age we have now been considering. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges In the Jewish notions of marriage we see already the beginning of the later casuistry. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals With this fine weapon, in great part, it was, wielded like a magician's invisible wand, that Pascal did his memorable execution on the Jesuitical system of morals and casuistry, in the "Provincial Letters." Classic French Course in English This reasoning may seem to many persons mere casuistry, mere sophistical juggling with words. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice Remember that these men had just broken every principle of justice in their treatment of Jesus, and now they palter over minute points of Rabbinical casuistry. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. Religion has become largely a matter of cliques, coteries, associations—of specialism in codes and casuistry. Personality in Literature The church system had corrupted the mores by adding casuistry and dialectic smartness to the devices for regulating conduct and satisfying interests. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Mrs. Burton passed the point of casuistry too. The Coast of Bohemia It is no more the duty of the moral law to set about codifying laws than it is of the conscience to practise casuistry. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles We must not be deceived by his casuistries. A Book of Burlesques Let casuists decide the casuistry, but the compassion the heart decides for itself. The Confidence-Man If it is murder to prevent a life from coming into existence, it 321would be a question of casuistry at what point such a crime would ensue. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals For an instant tears misted her eyes and then she asked in a rather bewildered voice, "Stuart, stripped of all its casuistry, what is your argument except a plea for infidelity?" The Tyranny of Weakness They quibbled, and dissolved their vows, with experienced casuistry. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 She was not troubled by any of the shilly-shallyings of casuistry, her doctrine was like a bar of iron, her faith never wavered, her conscience knew no scruples. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories When Mr. Gladstone aims at philosophy, he only reaches casuistry. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 He loved to play with distinctions, hyperboles, paradoxes, the very casuistry and dialectics of love or devotion. Brief History of English and American Literature He prided himself on his rigid adherence to justice, and escaped the knowledge that his sense of justice was a crippled thing warped to the shape of casuistry. The Tyranny of Weakness Nor were the taxes themselves of that practically oppressive sort which rightly raise everywhere the common casuistry of revolution. A Short History of England But he has the gnomic faculty that can convey truths of general experience in aphoristic form, and he can wind into a debatable moral issue with adroit casuistry. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois Perhaps after all this question of the moral element in the causes of war is a futile one, and leads to casuistry. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History It was a doubtful point, and the Cat was new to casuistry. Short Studies on Great Subjects With some gift for casuistry one may, at least conceivably, hold that the felt need of Imperial self-aggrandisement may become so urgent as to justify, or at least to condone, forcible dispossession of weaker nationalities. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation From these extracts from the Qur�n it appears that sin is imputed to prophets, though Muslims evade the charge by the casuistry I have already referred to. The Faith of Islam And though this may sound like casuistry, I believe it does explain a good deal of the dream-trick.—That which is lovely to the automatic process is hateful to the spontaneous soul. Fantasia of the Unconscious I should like you to think out that problem in casuistry more for yourself, before I attempt to answer it. Letters to His Friends The externalisation of religion in the West, as evidenced by its ceremonialism and its casuistry, has faithfully mirrored itself in the externality of Western education. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular He often took refuge from them in clouds of casuistry. Historical and Political Essays This kind of casuistry is very common and very demoralizing; but it shows how rigid the law is. The Faith of Islam On this excuse I settled my point of casuistry in an instant. Simon Dale On the contrary, it is my obvious duty to deny it, and not only to deny it but also to support my denial with an overwhelming mass of evidence and a shrill cadenza of casuistry. Europe After 8:15 There is not in the Diary the faintest trace of any act which might be so much as questionable or susceptible of defence only by casuistry. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series But the deliberate casuistry of lawyers, quacks, or politicians is not so difficult to deal with. A Preface to Politics They push casuistry into a general and unlimited application; we, if at all, into a very narrow one. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg It may be that the Roman Divines, who, as I understand, are greatly adept in the science of casuistry, have accomplished already the task I indicate. Simon Dale It is sheer meddling, and no casuistry can fitly give it any other name. Recollections of Europe See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head! Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series To put new wine in old bottles is one of the aims of legal casuistry. A Preface to Politics But it does strike me, that the present casuistry of society upon the question of duelling, is profoundly wrong, and wrong by manifest injustice. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg And the only objection to this kind of gigantic casuistry is that the theatre is really too small to discuss it. George Bernard Shaw Thus ethics glided into radical casuistry, and, in this form, became united with the scholastic theology. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology But in these cases a weak, bigoted woman, under the government of priests, easily finds casuistry sufficient to justify to herself the violation of a promise. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary They produced excellent scholars of a certain rank, men who could decipher Latin inscriptions, observe the planets, publish libraries of historical sources, of casuistry and apologetic, or write catechisms or epigrams. The Age of the Reformation Here, then, are objections sound and deep, to casuistry, as managed in the Romish church. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Pepys compounded with his conscience for such breaches of his oath by all manner of casuistry. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays However—by whatever casuistries I might have compassed it—I did remain. Lore of Proserpine For if my eight years of medical work abroad had sharpened my discernment, even more had my intimacy with Jim Shepherd swept my mind clean of prejudice and casuistry. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story His ethics were an elaborate casuistry, a method of finding the proper rule to govern the particular act. The Age of the Reformation And yet, after all, these are but objections to casuistry as treated by a particular church. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg I had the other day a trying experience, and I think a hard case of casuistry; I am not sure that I was right; but also not by any means sure I was wrong. Gilbert Keith Chesterton I confess that I admired her casuistry, and gave it my full support. A Pair of Patient Lovers A great number of examples seems to establish the fact that the Indian has developed a system of casuistry, based upon a remarkably thorough knowledge of human nature. The Delight Makers Probability.—The doctrine in casuistry that of two probable views, both reasonable, one may follow his own inclinations, as a doubtful law cannot impose a certain obligation. Pascal's Pensées But the main purpose, for which I have reported the circumstances of these two cases, relates to the casuistry of duelling. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg The Sister Superior had a long upper lip, which she was in the habit of drawing still further down; it gave her an air of great diplomatic caution, almost of casuistry. Hilda A Story of Calcutta Those were the simple facts; and no casuistry by the cleverest of London lawyers could get away from them. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Cortez.—These are questions of casuistry which it is not the business of a soldier to decide. Dialogues of the Dead With these may be named that other electric little poem, Which? a study in love's casuistries, reminding one slightly of the finest of all Browning's studies in that kind, Adam, Lilith, and Eve. An Introduction to the Study of Browning But this is otherwise estimated in the policy of papal Rome: and casuistry usurps a place in her spiritual economy, to which our Protestant feelings demur. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg See skulking truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head. Is Life Worth Living? It seems to us the Committee are not much more fortunate on the subject of casuistry, than on Church "government" and "historic facts." History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China Was it because Rutherford had now gone nearer that great region of p. 112experimental casuistry that he started that excellent Friday problem in a letter from Aberdeen to Knockbrex in 1637? Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents The whole of these seven chapters of the First Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians, is occupied with questions of Christian casuistry. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series Questions are raised, problems are entertained, by the Romish casuistry, which too often offend against all purity and manliness of thinking. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg The Pharisees were dominant; the study of the Law, pushed to the most insignificant minutiæ, and reduced to questions of casuistry, was the only study. The Life of Jesus There was yet another feature of his Parliamentary management which proved disastrous to his cause, and this was his tendency to what the vulgar call hair-splitting and the learned casuistry. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences He listened long to the casuistry of learned men touching prayer, atonement, and sacrifice. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ These therefore, are questions of casuistry, which depend upon the particular case: from which word the term “casuistry” is derived. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series Every possible objection ever made to auricular confession applies with equal strength to casuistry; and some objections, besides these, are peculiar to itself. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg If some Pharisees had already brought it into Galilee, he did not associate with them, and when, later, he encountered this silly casuistry, it only inspired him with disgust. The Life of Jesus Such was the pious casuistry of a witty usurer. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 My answer is simple and free from all attempts at casuistry: simply because we must. The Ascent of the Soul Earnest men in this world have no time for subtleties and casuistry. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series One of the most bitter thoughts of all was that a secular priest named Serjeant, who, with another named Morris, was of Gallican views, had given evidence in public court against the Jesuits' casuistry. Oddsfish! Come; what has the Society come to that frankness replaces cunning and casuistry? The Grey Cloak The mania for distinction in rabbinical learning plunged the child into the mazes of Talmudic casuistry as soon as he could read; frequently he had not read the Bible or studied the rudiments of grammar. The Haskalah Movement in Russia "What ridiculous nonsense the man talks!" said I, exasperated by this shameless casuistry. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man More frequently Mr. Robertson deals with questions of practical life, of public opinion, and of what we may call social casuistry—turning the light of Christian ethics upon this unnoticed though familiar ground. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series Undoubtedly, had the young man once fairly admitted to himself that his choice lay between these two bare alternatives, he would have been spared much of the misery arising from casuistry and duplicity. Bressant It is folly to raise cases on the constitution; it is always of the most doubtful prudence to handle the casuistry of politics. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 An opening seemed to be offered in these expressions which was caught at by Cranmer's kind-hearted casuistry. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Finally, there was the reason of reasons which superseded the necessity of any further attempt to persuade herself by any casuistry—she must save Cutts. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers Much subtile casuistry has been expended upon the point, whether Paul Jones was a knave or a hero, or a union of both. Israel Potter An individual, near Inverness, had consulted him on a point of sabbatical casuistry: the question was, Whether or not it was sinful to spend time in registering meteorological observations on the Sabbaths? The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne We must distinguish 'godly sorrow' from the peevish discontent and slothfulness which St. Paul calls the sorrow of the world, and which in medieval casuistry is named acedia. Outspoken Essays This vein of casuistry was new to the boy, and he was staggered. Sevenoaks The casuistry of feeling is of everlasting interest to him, and he is never tired of inventing imaginary cases, or pondering real ones, in which pliant feeling is invoked against the narrowness of duty. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Newman's casuistry was a fair subject for criticism; his personal integrity should have been above suspicion, and Kingsley's insinuations against it only recoiled upon himself. The Life of Froude He gave up his speculations and casuistry, and concluded to take things as he found them and to make them better. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) No such juggling with words as went on at the Conference had been witnessed since the days of medieval casuistry. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Many of its injunctions are intensely minute and hair-splitting to the extreme of casuistry. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Without attempting to solve this problem in casuistry, we recognise Diderot's mood, and the hatred with which it would be sure to inspire him for the starved and mutilated passions of the Christian type. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) I ignored her casuistry, for she was now rolling a cigarette with an air of insufferable probity. Ma Pettengill Yet, in spite of this fine casuistry, I simply must confess to you—no, no, nothing. Là-bas Oh, my friends, the Gospel is not a syllogism; It is not casuistry, it is not polemics, or the science of squabble. New Tabernacle Sermons My offer was an honest one, and surely could only be construed as such even by the most malignant casuistry. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time He is not a thief; apples and plums and so on are quite safe, though the turnip-tops are not: there is a subtle casuistry involved here—the distinction between the quasi-wild and the garden product. The Amateur Poacher Despite its faults, its excessive casuistry, its lack of style and form, its stupendous mass of detailed laws and restrictions, it is nevertheless a great book in and for itself. Chapters on Jewish Literature Had the prosecutor even been satisfied on that point, no jury would have regarded it as other than a delicate question in the casuistry of political metaphysics. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Ours are already so far behind modern requirements that much of our practice and our profession cannot be reconciled without illegitimate casuistry. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society If this is clearly recognized, many of the idle questions of casuistry that are sometimes raised regarding sexual love and marriage will cease to trouble. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher Amongst the propagators of a religion whose leading characteristics are its subtlety and thin abstractions, it may naturally be inferred that argument and casuistry held prominent place in the curriculum of instruction. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 This tendency to casuistry in Browning's monologues has done much towards establishing for him that reputation for pure intellectualism which has done him so much harm. Robert Browning Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in all her General Measures, a learned and subtle piece of casuistry which he dedicated to Charles II. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature To enable the reader to form some sort of an independent judgment on this question, it is necessary to say a few words on the subject of casuistry and the doctrine of probabilism. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Associated words: casuistry, Erinys, compunction, qualm. conscientious, a. scrupulous, just, upright, high- minded. conscionable, a. reasonable, just. conscious, a. cognizant, aware, sensible, apprised; sentient, percipient, knowing. Putnam's Word Book Is a chapter of plots—Catholic casuistry in a new cassock—Plotting promotes promotion—A peasant's love and a peer's peevishness—Prospects of prosperity. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 But casuistry in this sense is not a cold and analytical thing, but a very warm and sympathetic thing. Robert Browning Fielding, meanwhile, waited with an uneasy conscience which no casuistry would lighten. The Philanderers It was another of the mediaeval beliefs against which the reformers steadily set their faces; and all the resources of their casuistry were exhausted to expose its absurdity. Elizabethan Demonology A nineteenth-century sceptic's exposition of his Christian faith is the paradoxical subject of Bishop Blougram's Apology, and it is one which admirably suited that side of Browning's genius which leaned towards intellectual casuistry. Robert Browning By such casuistry Aunt Deborah quieted her conscience, and carefully put the ring away among her bonds and mortgages. Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success But his cupidity was strong and his will and courage were weak, so he oftentimes argued himself, by specious casuistry, into words and acts which were untruthful and dishonest. Analyzing Character And then woman feels her weak point guarded by all that casuistry of gallantry which takes the place of scruples in prudes. The Man Who Laughs With one act of complete revulsion she spurned it all: the moral casuistry that beguiled him, the church that cloaked him; spurned psalm and prophet and apostle, Christ and parable and song. The Mettle of the Pasture And there is a certain pleasure in attending to prophecy which has not learnt to hide itself in casuistry. Robert Browning The casuistry of the human heart, in most instances, concealed the true state of the case, and many, if not the majority, felt the virtuous indignation which some only affected. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea This casuistry, however, does not seem to me to be sound. Sterne Starting as Right Reason, Giri has, in my opinion, often stooped to casuistry. Bushido, the Soul of Japan I will answer all these questions quite simply and directly without casuistry and logic-chopping, and honestly desiring to avoid paradox and "cleverness." Peace Theories and the Balkan War "Ought one to admire one's friend's poetry?" was a difficult question of casuistry which the Master of Balliol at one time proposed. Robert Browning Their methods were free from the casuistry that characterized many of the later scribes. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism He loved to play with distinctions, hyperboles, parodoxes, the very casuistry and dialectics of love or devotion. From Chaucer to Tennyson To judge such it performance as if it professed to be an exhaustive Treatise in casuistry, is to subject it to tests which it was never designed to bear. On Compromise He puts a great many questions of casuistry, but it all amounts to this: the good man keeps his oath, "though it were to his own hindrance". Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers "That, my dear Jervis, you know, as well as I do, to be mere casuistry," he rejoined. The Red Thumb Mark The philosophy of our Household Cavalry, like the religion of Napoleon's "Old Guard," is adapted for action rather than casuistry. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." In the atmosphere of sentimental casuistry to which she had become accustomed, she had forgotten that Mr. Spragg's private rule of conduct was as simple as his business morality was complicated. The Custom of the Country Wether it is the one or the other in any given case is a question of casuistry rather than of general theory. Theory of the Leisure Class No detail of the joust or hunt was unfamiliar or unwelcome to these readers; no subtle arguments concerning the art of love were too abstruse to delight a generation steeped in amorous casuistry and allegories. Four Arthurian Romances It is necessary merely for me, as my learned friend has aptly expressed it, to disentangle the actual facts of the case from the web of casuistry that has been woven around them. The Red Thumb Mark Dessein his bow, without more casuistry we walk’d together towards his Remise, to take a view of his magazine of chaises. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy He is constantly asking himself about moral laws and how they work themselves out in character, especially as these suggest and involve the casuistries of human nature. Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial I know of no casuistry subtle enough to involve you in any engagement whatever, without such an ingredient. The Purcell Papers — Volume 2 In spite, then, of all casuistry and special pleading, this sturdy honesty ended the controversy among Catholics themselves, so far as fair-minded men are concerned. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom They were athletes, scholars, and gentlemen, nor can I ever remember any examples of that casuistry with which they are reproached. The Vital Message Action, then, be mine; and into the deep sea with all this paralysing casuistry. Lay Morals To the devil with all casuistry! and leave the state to Gondremark, as heretofore. Prince Otto, a Romance If, therefore, Mrs. Mallet was a woman of an exquisite moral tone, it was not that she had inherited her temper from an ancestry with a turn for casuistry. Roderick Hudson At the same period in France, the great Protestant jurist Dumoulin brought all his legal learning and skill in casuistry to bear on the same side. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom How his casuistry settled the account between his two oaths I never heard; on that subject he was eternally silent. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor A tone of moral condemnation on the one side, a touch of casuistry on the other, confused the issues. The Case of Richard Meynell In other words, the best thing for the intellect is the cultivation of the conscience, not in casuistry, but in conduct. The Vicar's Daughter With sophistical delicacy he veiled his own motives; and, instead of following the plain dictates of reason, he involved his understanding in that species of sentimental casuistry which confounds all principles of right and wrong. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 In the Latin countries this sort of casuistry eased the relations of the Church with the bankers, and it was full time; for now there came arguments of a different kind. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom No—she would not allow her mind to be cheated by female sophistry; nor yet by the male casuistry of, "the end sanctifies the means." Tales and Novels — Volume 08 He does not palter with problems of right and wrong, nor hesitate over his moral judgements; casuistry is wholly alien to his temper. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal He knew well enough that her trenchant classifications of life admitted no overlapping of good and evil, made no allowance for that incalculable interplay of motives that justifies the subtlest casuistry of compassion. The Greater Inclination At a court where such ingenious casuistry prevailed, it was happy for our hero that an unqualifying oath now protected his resolution. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 Like the casuistry of Boscovich in using the Copernican theory for "convenience in argument," while acquiescing in its condemnation by the Church authorities, this encyclical of Pope Benedict broke the spell. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Augustin has to answer all these questions, and go into the very smallest details of casuistry. Saint Augustin Taylor himself was infected with the spirit of casuistry, by which saving faith is placed in the understanding, and the moral act in the outward deed. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge But it is as much the reader's business as mine to settle these casuistries. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Thus arguing with happy female casuistry, Mademoiselle went on with the prosecution of her plan. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 A skill in theology and casuistry so exquisite as to contrive such assertions, and a faith so robust as to accept them, certainly leave nothing to be desired. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom As is natural to one who will not do right, he began to argue the moral question, treating it as a point of casuistry that troubled the mind of the girl. The Elect Lady In lieu of whole tomes of casuistry, the simple phrase, 'I've changed my mind,' does our business. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 I am not quite satisfied with the casuistry by which the productions of one person are thus passed upon the world for the productions of another. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 That would achieve no tangible good, while no casuistry would wipe away the stain on his own honor. The Wheel O' Fortune The casuistries of conscience and of language, eternal self-suspicion, and self-examination, his talent lies in these things, and is limited by them. Amiel's Journal With such nice casuistry she went on pretty well; and besides, she was so innocent—so ignorant, that it was easy for her to be deceived. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 He spent an hour painfully invoking casuistry, tossed to and fro irresolutely, but never for a moment disputing that plain fact which Sebastian had so brutally illuminated. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons As I said, Love is the foundation of all obedience; without it, morality degenerates into mere casuistry. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The casuistry of pleasure had no secrets for them: they were so clever that they could invent new problems so as to have the honor of solving them. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House This method of distinguishing means from circumstance is of great value in casuistry. Moral Philosophy A mystical casuistry, bred in her naturally simple nature by the subtle influences of a long-descended Christianity, combined in her with a piteous human instinct. The History of David Grieve They prided themselves upon their nominal, external, hereditary connection with a system of revelation, they trusted in mere ritualisms, they had ossified religion into theology, and degraded morality into casuistry. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark He meant to draw attention to His sweeping aside of the Rabbinical casuistries of the law of the Sabbath. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Brandes characterises the impelling motive of these three plays as a passionate appeal for a higher standard of truth—in journalism, in finance, in monarchy: an appeal for less casuistry and more honesty. Three Dramas A point of casuistry also, however knotty, once determined, is determined for ever and aye, for the circumstances under which it was determined. Moral Philosophy On the other hand, the Tossafists, the school of commentators succeeding him, by their petty quibbling and hairsplitting casuistry made the Talmudic books more intricate and less intelligible. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history The world has passed it by, and left all its subtle casuistries and painfully microscopic studies of the letter of Scripture—with utter oblivion of its spirit—left them all severely and wisely alone. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Why did Jesus Christ come from 'the men of the earth,' as the Rabbis called all who had not learned to cover every plain precept with spiders' webs of casuistry? Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV So far from deserving a reputation for casuistry, modern Hebrew literature is, if anything, distinctly rationalistic in character. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) It gives what we may call a casuistry of gratitude. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius The elaboration of every law was thus connected with a very complicated process of thought, requiring both inductive and deductive reasoning, and uniting juridical interpretation with the refinements of casuistry. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history It was miles above the dusty speculations and casuistries of the rabbis. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII They 'knew' when He did not seem to be trenching on their prerogatives, or driving His Ithuriel-spear through their traditional professions of orthodoxy and punctilious casuistries. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV At the age of three, he was sent to the Heder, at seven he was a student of the Talmud, then casuistry occupied his mind, and, finally, the Kabbalah. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Here we see casuistry entering into morals, but it is casuistry of a noble sort. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius "This is murder you have in your heart now, Nancy," the old man said, with who knows what awful pleasure in his casuistry, so pitilessly unerring. The Leatherwood God Propriety in posturing in worship, casuistry in the interpretation of law, and abstinence from common enjoyments, came in Pharisaic times. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII It is true that no such case had ever actually occurred; so that it was a mere romance of casuistry to tax myself with cowardice so shocking. Autobiographical Sketches Empty casuistry and dry dogmatism sufficed for the intellectual needs of the most enlightened. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Lastly, it must not be forgotten that we are discussing a question of casuistry, one which is 'stuff o' the conscience,' and where consequently words are all important. Obiter Dicta It is easy to see how the minuteness of the ritual religion of Leviticus could degenerate into casuistry. Introduction to the Old Testament The dim recognition that God spoke in His fiery words had drawn the crowds, weary of teachers in whose endless jangle and jargon of casuistry was no inspiration. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII That is the persuasive casuistry peculiar to the minds of the Southern Secession leaders. The Great Conspiracy, Volume 3 The waves of the Talmud, the casuistry of more than a millennium of scholasticism, have left their traces in his mind and personality. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) It is not enough—it is casuistry to say that it is. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies But I hate casuistry so utterly, that I could not without great violence to my feelings put the case in all its bearings. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. A dead hand at casuistry has often proved more than a match for Lent with all his quarantines. Miscellaneous Essays The trained diplomatists of Europe, with their casuistry and lies, found in him their match. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders Its system of morality is very short; and in this lies its greatness, through this it becomes morality instead of casuistry. The Uprising of a Great People The United States in 1861. to Which is Added a Word of Peace on the Difference Between England the United States. To find the owners would probably be impossible; and a question in casuistry remained. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers It became fashionable to go to church, and to praise good sermons and read books of casuistry. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women It was a question of casuistry which might, perhaps, have puzzled a finer moral sense than Stephen's. Mercy Philbrick's Choice It is the casuistry of hero-worship to deny that Byron was unjust to women, not merely in isolated instances, but in his prevailing views of their character and claims. Byron This is, I take it, some confused allusion to the great Dominican Doctor, S. Thomas Aquinas, who was regarded as being the supreme Master of scholasticism and casuistry. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III He observes all human traits, whether of moral sophistry or ethical casuistry, with the genial sympathy of a lover of his kind irradiated with the riant comprehension of the humorist. Mark Twain That this practise was not particularly offensive to the people among whom they dwelt may explain the situation, but to claim that it excuses the friars approaches dangerously close to casuistry. The Social Cancer Let those of us cast the stone who can take oath that in their own morality there is no casuistry. The Revolution in Tanner's Lane And it is clear that any practical ethics, ethics applied to the realities of life, ought to take the professed shape of casuistry. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Containing the great address of the landlady, the great learning of a surgeon, and the solid skill in casuistry of the worthy lieutenant. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling By some canine casuistry he arrived at the same conclusion which society had reached—that Haldane was a suspicious character, and should be kept at arm's-length. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century But Christ's message, as we have it in the Gospels, is neither clear nor sufficing, and has been obscured, and, at times almost obliterated, by the pomps and casuistries of the schools and churches. God and my Neighbour Indeed, as society grows complex, the uses of casuistry become more urgent. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 And this is what we mean by casuistry, which is the application of a moral principle to the cases arising in human life. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Theirs was the method of casuistry, the method of minute, critical, and instructed judgment. The Nature of Goodness I can't split hairs," he said, "or enter on an argument of sentimental casuistry. Stella Fregelius She also was not skilled in that casuistry which would enable her to promise anything with mental reservations. Opening a Chestnut Burr The necessity of casuistry might, in fact, be deduced from the very origin, and genesis of the word. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 All law in its practical processes is a mode of casuistry. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 The conversations in this book have often quite unexpected turns of humour, and are filled with oversubtle questions of casuistry and curious reasonings. Essays on Russian Novelists Is not what they call casuistry a science among Roman Catholics? Clara Hopgood The system came to be attended by many superstitions and abuses, frequently it was exploited in the interests of a corrupt sacerdotalism, sometimes it was associated with a degrading casuistry. Religious Reality Unfortunately for the interests of scientific ethics, the first cultivators of casuistry had been those who kept in view the professional service of auricular confession. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 But because casuistry under that name, has been chiefly cultivated by the Roman Catholic Church, we Protestants, with our ridiculous prudery, find a stumbling-block in the very name. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 But as a question of casuistry, I am doubtful about its answer. Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood I knew that she was beautiful, and knew that she was mine for the asking, but a truce to casuistry! The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca Evan's mind went through a crisis of instantaneous casuistry, in which it may be that he decided wrongly; but about how he decided his biographer can profess no doubt. The Ball and the Cross For we repeat—that the name, the word casuistry, may be evaded, but the thing cannot; nor is it evaded in our daily conversations. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 The Mother Superior had a long upper lip, which she was in the habit of drawing still further down; it gave her an air of great diplomatic caution, almost of casuistry. The Path of a Star Now, no more casuistry, but do as I tell you! Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose This one was not trouble by the hesitations of casuistry; her doctrine seemed to be an iron bar; her faith never hesitated; her conscience had no scruples. Mademoiselle Fifi What did casuistry and determinism and fate and the purpose of life concern us then, my friend and me? At Large Duelling.—No one case, in the vast volume of casuistry, is so difficult to treat with justice and reasonable adaptation to the spirit of modern times, as this of duelling. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 He maintained that there can be no compromise with the world; that casuistry is incompatible with morality; that man is naturally corrupt; and that in his most virtuous acts some corruption is present. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth Whether Shelley from his own peculiar point of view was morally justified in twice marrying, is a question of casuistry which has often haunted me. Percy Bysshe Shelley The deep groan with which Caspar met this casuistry was cut short by a knock at the studio door, which thereupon opened to admit a small dapperly-dressed man with a silky moustache and mildly-bulging eyes. The Hermit and the Wild Woman But if all the tender casuistries of her heart were at his service, he took no grave advantage of them. Tales of Men and Ghosts But sometimes casuistry pressed into the most hallowed recesses of common domestic life. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 But Pascal perceived that casuistry was not the only enemy that menaced the true spirit of religion for which Jansenism stood. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth Priestly arrogance and unctuousness, and trickeries and casuistries, cannot be painted without our discovering a likeness in the long Italian gallery. Complete Short Works of George Meredith Under the instruction of the Countess's director the boy's conscience was enervated by the casuistries of Liguorianism and his devotion dulled by the imposition of interminable "pious practices." The Valley of Decision But a true appreciation of these things is possible only in the light of a whole system of such art- casuistries. The Renaissance: studies in art and poetry Usury.—This ancient subject of casuistry we place next to piracy, for a significant reason: the two practices have both changed their public reputation as civilization has advanced, but inversely—they have interchanged characters. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 All the more reason, then, that once in a while—I need a distraction and there are some interesting psychological deductions—But hang casuistry; it is enough to say that we did go. The Gates of Chance What case of casuistry can we propose to her and what disputation can we set up? The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 The Duke's library consists of a few volumes of theological casuistry, and her Highness never opens a book unless it be to scandalise her husband by reading some prohibited pamphlet from France. The Valley of Decision And then she delivered herself of an amazing piece of casuistry. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza There is also something in place as well as in time—in the people as well as the century—which determines the amount of interest in casuistry. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 A distinct permission to be with you on probation—that was what you gave me at Carlsruhe: and flinging casuistry on one side, what does that mean?' A Laodicean : a Story of To-day There was no place for casuistry in the old Scotch lady's mind. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today I felt it was hopeless to argue against casuistry of this nature, which, if it were carried to its logical conclusion, would absolutely destroy all morality, as we understand it. She With this empty piece of casuistry, Am�lie, like others of her sex, placed a hand of steel, encased in a silken glove, upon her heart, and tyrannically suppressed its yearnings. The Golden Dog In the same proportion we may assume a growing and more direct regard to casuistry; which is precisely the part of ethics that will be continually expanding, and continually throwing up fresh doubts. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Peregrine Courtenay on one side of the House, and Lord Palmerston on the other, attempted to enlighten the poor Orangeman on the question of casuistry. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 In spite of the rather startling feebleness of her opponent's statement, Dora went at her task as earnestly as if it were to confute some monster of casuistry. Ramsey Milholland Meanwhile it would seem, as regards the moral question, that his analysis was complete; his casuistry had become keen as a razor, and he could not find rational objections in himself. Crime and Punishment And it was with a like casuistry that I condoned my other intellectual and personal pleasures. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments This case is noticed by the bishop, and juries of late years often took the casuistry into their own hands. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 No earthly casuistry could ever lead her to doubt that he had heard her prayer that morning. A Face Illumined They published whole libraries, controversy, casuistry, history, treatises on optics, Alcaic odes, editions of the fathers, madrigals, catechisms, and lampoons. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 I had to endure all the agony of that battle of ideas, Sonia, and I longed to throw it off: I wanted to murder without casuistry, to murder for my own sake, for myself alone! Crime and Punishment It is a very noble piece of spiritual casuistry, but it is signally unfitted for the comprehension of a child. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments This we may learn from that point of casuistry treated by St. Paul,—whether a Christian might lawfully eat of things offered to idols. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Of all the inventions of casuistry with man for ages has in various ways which manacled himself, and stayed his own advance, there is none equally potent with the supposition that nothing more is possible. The Story of My Heart An Autobiography In the books of casuistry which had been written by his brethren, and printed with the approbation of his superiors, were to be found doctrines consolatory to transgressors of every class. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Is it not enough that this dishonest casuistry has already poisoned our theology? Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 To discuss questions of taste, of learning, casuistry, in language so exact and so forcible that it might have been printed without the alteration of a word, was to him no exertion, but a pleasure. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 Nay, the nicer casuistries of this principle had been latterly discussed. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Erasure and reception proceeded together; the past accumulations of casuistry were erased, and my thought widened to receive the idea of something beyond all previous ideas. The Story of My Heart An Autobiography It would be a curious question of casuistry to determine what a man ought to do in a case in which he cannot tell the truth except by being guilty of wilful exaggeration. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 And, though there might be room for casuistry, such, I conceive, is the most equitable rule in all similar conjunctures. The Blithedale Romance He entered into no casuistry on the matter. The Education of Henry Adams I am harrowed by the hair-splitting casuistry of the heroines in Cyrus and Astraea, by all the subtle arguments of the court of love. Letters of Two Brides "I did not forget him," answered the Duke, smiling at her casuistry. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Lectures on abstruse points of philosophy, the fine distinctions of casuistry, and the dazzling fence of rhetoric, were substituted for poetry. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 I'm no hand at casuistry, but I can't break my word to a modern pessimist. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare "I don't know," I answered doubtfully, for somehow all Marais's casuistry, which I thought contemptible, did not convince me that he was sincere. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain It lifted him over anxieties and casuistries concerning loyalty. The Egoist Her casuistry was interrupted by some one softly whistling a theme from the overture to Masaniello, popular at the college in the form of an arrangement for six pianofortes and twelve hands. An Unsocial Socialist His warriors and princesses are fond of discussing points of amorous casuistry, such as would have delighted a Parliament of Love. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 It would be idle to determine this question in the abstract: it is perhaps idle to decide any question of casuistry in the abstract. The Brick Moon and Other Stories But his rascality overshot its mark; the Marquise, obedient to his priestly casuistry, displayed too fierce a zeal in the execution of his commands. A Book of Scoundrels And now Miss Josephine's disapproval was vindicated, and her own casuistry was doubly punished. Lady Baltimore I may add that my conscience was somewhat aided by a piece of casuistry from the most brilliant scholar in the Yale faculty of that time, Professor James Hadley. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 Besides, the problem demands the knowledge of an extremely rich casuistry, by means of which, on the one hand, to bring together the manifoldness of chance events, and on the other to discover order. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students They answer what, with adroitest simulation and casuistry, they can: of which a poor Legislative knows not what to make. The French Revolution Priestly arrogance and unctuousness, and trickeries and casuistries, cannot be painted without our discovering a likeness in the long Italian gallery. An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit And nearly every day there happens instances where the most subtle casuistry will fail and the finger of conscience point unhesitatingly. God the Invisible King The poor Girondins, many of them, under such fierce bellowing of Patriotism, say Death; justifying, motivant, that most miserable word of theirs by some brief casuistry and jesuitry. The French Revolution Modern casuistry makes no great trouble for the believing public official. God the Invisible King |
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