History As Past Ethics An Introduction to the History of Morals
History As Past Ethics An Introduction to the History of Morals
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The Greek orator, in order to justify his resentment toward any one, always took pains to show that he had been injured in some way by the person, and 1 They were charged with adulteration of foods, cheating in measure, etc. Demosthenes declares that a man honest in commercial transactions was a prodigy. Cf. Mahaffy, Social Life in Greece (1888), p. 419.
2 See above, p. 89.
ness 184 HISTORY AS PAST ETHICS hence had good ground for wishing to do him evil. Indeed, one who neglected to take reveng...e upon his personal enemy was looked upon as a weak, pusillanimous creature. 1 But out of this virtue of revenge, paradoxically enough, arose the virtue of forgiveness ; for revenge was limited by the requirements of the virtue of moderation or self-restraint. The person seeking revenge for an injury must set reason- able bounds to his thirst for vengeance. Hence when the age of reflection came there were teachers of spiritual insight who, regarding the matter from this point of view, saw forgiveness to be a virtue because it required in the one forgiving great self -conquest and self-control.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Greek orator, in order to justify his resentment toward any one, always took pains to show that he had been injured in some way by the person, and 1 They were charged with adulteration of foods, cheating in measure, etc. Demosthenes declares that a man honest in commercial transactions was a prodigy. Cf. Mahaffy, Social Life in Greece (1888), p. 419.
2 See above, p. 89.
ness 184 HISTORY AS PAST ETHICS hence had good ground for wishing to do him evil. Indeed, one who neglected to take reveng...e upon his personal enemy was looked upon as a weak, pusillanimous creature. 1 But out of this virtue of revenge, paradoxically enough, arose the virtue of forgiveness ; for revenge was limited by the requirements of the virtue of moderation or self-restraint. The person seeking revenge for an injury must set reason- able bounds to his thirst for vengeance. Hence when the age of reflection came there were teachers of spiritual insight who, regarding the matter from this point of view, saw forgiveness to be a virtue because it required in the one forgiving great self -conquest and self-control.
What to read after History As Past Ethics An Introduction to the History of Morals?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Myers, P. V. N. (Philip Van Ness), 1846-1937 to read onlineMoreLess
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