 | John Mason Good - 1819 - Страниц: 788
...virtue with respect to this world's happiness. Virtue " Is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to " the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting " happiness." BIe 7. It may be divided into duties towards God, towards others, and towards ourselves. General observations.... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - 1815 - Страниц: 598
...defective, yet at the same time redundant. " Virtue," he says, " is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. According to which definition," he continues, " the good of mankind is the subject ; the :..•// of God, the rule; everlasting happiness,... | |
 | J. W. Baker - 1817 - Страниц: 262
...mankind in obedience to the will of God, and Tor the sake of everlasting happiness." Therefore, 52. " The good of mankind" is the subject ; "the will of God," the r«Z« ; and "everlasting happiness," the motive of human virtue. OF VIRTUE. 53. Virtue has been divided... | |
 | John Prior Estlin - 1818 - Страниц: 430
...this last writer has given of virtue is this : " Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting...everlasting happiness the motive of human virtue. To this definition of virtue, however, I should object, as not being sufficiently comprehensive. And... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - 1822 - Страниц: 638
...defective, yet at the same redundant. " Virtue," he says, " is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. According lo which definition," he continues, " the good of mankind is the subject ; the will of God, the rule... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - Страниц: 594
...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 whole ; for, the knowledge of this... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - Страниц: 476
...habitual virtue. By the definition of virtue, placed at the beginning of this chapter, it appears, that the good of mankind is the subject, the will of God the rule, and everlasting happiness the motive and end, of all virtue. Yet, in fact, a man shall perform many an £ C act of virtue, without having... | |
 | Levi Frisbie - 1823 - Страниц: 310
...p. 371. The following is Dr. Paley's definition. " Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." Mr. Belsham's remarks upon it, referred to above, are these. " But this definition, also, excludes... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - Страниц: 516
...definition of virtue, placed at the beginning of this chapter, it appears, that the good of mankmd is the subject, the will of God the rule, and everlasting happiness the motive and end, of all virtue. Yet, in fact, a man shall perform many an act of virtue, without having rest... | |
 | 1824 - Страниц: 288
...world's happiness. CHAPTER VII. VIRTUE. Q. WHAT is Virtue ? A. The doing of good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. According to this definition, " the good of mankind" is the subject; " the will of God" the rule; and "everlasting... | |
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Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the Will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. 
