 | 1825 - 504 頁
...disciples of Aristippus, who resolve it into the pursuit of selfish gratification ; Paley, who defines it to be ' the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness ;' and Dr Smith, who allows it no other standard, than our sympathy with... | |
 | A. Norman - 1825 - 348 頁
...to be a part of moral philosophy*; but again, with much indistinctness of thought, defines virtue, " The doing good to mankind in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness."t Two apostles use the word ǤST>J, virtus, but not in the sense of... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 502 頁
...advantage over virtue, even with respect to this world's happiness. CHAP. VII. VIRTUE. VIRTUE is " the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.''' <• According to which definition, " the good of mankind," is the... | |
 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - 1825 - 452 頁
...temptation is sure to err. *I mid in a Sermon, dated Appleby, 1779, this sentence: " Now I describe virtue to be the doing good to mankind in obedience to the will of God, for the sake of everlasting happiness." The text is, " Add to your faith virtue." ED. t relieving beggars... | |
 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - 1825 - 578 頁
...advantage over virtue, even with respect to this world's happiness. CHAPTER VII. VIRTUE. VIRTUE is " the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for tfie sake of everlasting happiness." According to which definition, " the good of mankind" is the subject;... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1826 - 522 頁
...obligation ; and the system of Paley, therefore, to which I particularly alluded, — a system which defines virtue to be "the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, for the sake of everlasting happiness," and which makes, not the love of God, nor the love of mankind,... | |
 | Thomas Brown, Levi Hedge - 1827 - 400 頁
...details of ethics, however false and dangerous I consider his leading doctrines to be. Virtue, he defines to be, " the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." * The last part of the definition is the most important part of the... | |
 | William Paley - 1828 - 610 頁
...adtantage over virtue, even with respect to this world's happiness. CHAPTER VII. Virtue. VIRTUE is " the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." According to which definition, " the good of mankind" is the subject;... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 778 頁
...ourselves and others. Adam Smith refers it to the principle of Sympathy. Paley, who read Edwards with care, defines Virtue to be " The Doing Good to mankind in obedience to the Will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." Cumberland, in his Laws of Nature, justly regards it as consisting... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 頁
...details of ethics, however false and dangerous I consider his leading doctrines to be. Virtue he defines r1@ sake of everlasting happiness. The last part of the definition is the most important part of the whole... | |
| |
the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. 
