History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2)Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
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History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2)
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Ethics; Europe -- Moral conditions
Charity, a form of self-love, according to the Utilitarians, i. 9, and
_note_.
Impossibility of charity becoming a pleasure if practised only with a
view to that end, 36.
Charity of the Stoics, 191.
Cicero’s emphatic assertion of the duty, 240.
Exertions of the Christians in the cause of charity, ii. 75, 79.
Inadequate place given to this movement in history, 84, 85.
Christian charity, in what it consists, 73.
Laws of the Romans, 73.
Pagan examples of charity, 78.
Noble enthusiasm of the Christians in the cause of charity, 78, 79.
Charity enjoined as a matter of justice, 81.
Theological notions of charity, 85, 90, 91.
Evils of Catholic charity, 93-94.
Legends respecting the virtue, 245, and _note_
Charlemagne, his law respecting Sunday, ii. 245.
Fascination exercised by him over the popular imagination, 271, 272.
His polygamy, 343
Charles V., the Emperor, his law against beggars, ii. 97
Charles Martel, his defeat of the Mohammedans, at Poictiers, ii. 273
Charondas, law of, on second marriages, ii. 325, _note_
Chastity, in Utilitarian systems, i. 12, 49.
Sketch of the history of, 103-107.
The Catholic monastic system, 107.
Modern judgments of, ii. 282, 283.
Cato’s views, 314.
Mystical views, 315.
Services of the ascetics in enforcing the duty of chastity, 318-320
Children, charge of murdering infants, among the early Christians, i. 417.
Abortion, ii. 20-24.
Infanticide, 24, 26.
Exposed children, 32.
Institutions of the Romans for the benefit of children, 77
Chilon, his closing hours, i. 207
Cholera, theological notions respecting the, i. 356
Christian and pagan virtues compared, i. 190
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