History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2)Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Philosophy
History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2)
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Ethics; Europe -- Moral conditions
Hobbes, Thomas, his opinions concerning the essence and origin of virtue,
i. 7, 8, _note_.
His view of the origin of human actions, quoted, 8, _note_.
His remarks on the goodness which we apprehend in God, quoted, 9,
_note_.
And on reverence, 9, _note_.
On charity, 9, 10, _note_.
On pity, 10, _note_.
Review of the system of morals of his school, 11.
Gives the first great impulse to moral philosophy in England, 19,
_note_.
His denial of the reality of pure benevolence, 20, 21.
His definition of conscience, 29, _note_.
His theory of compassion, 72, _note_
Holidays, importance of, to the servile classes, ii. 244
Homer, his views of human nature and man’s will, i. 196
Horace, his ridicule of idols, i. 166.
His description of the just man, 197
Hospitality enjoined by the Romans, ii. 79
Hospitals, foundation of the first, ii. 80, 81
Human life, its sanctity recognised by Christianity, ii. 18.
Gradual acquirement of this sense, 18
Human nature, false estimate of, by the Stoics, i. 192
Hume, David, his theory of virtue, i. 4.
Misrepresented by many writers, 4.
His recognition of the reality of benevolence in our nature, 20, and
_note_.
His comment on French licentiousness in the eighteenth century, 50,
_note_.
His analysis of the moral judgments, 76.
Lays the foundation for a union of the schools of Clarke and
Shaftesbury, 77
Humility, new value placed upon it by monachism, ii. 185, 187
Hutcheson, Francis, his doctrine of a “moral sense,” i. 4.
Establishes the reality of the existence of benevolence in our nature,
20.
His analysis of moral judgments, 76
Hypatia, murder of, ii. 196
Iamblichus, his philosophy, i. 330
Ideas, confused association of. Question whether our, are derived
exclusively from sensation or whether they spring in part from
the mind itself, 122.
The latter theory represented by the Platonic doctrine of pre-existence,
122.
Doctrine of innate ideas, 122
Idols and idolatry, views of the Roman philosophers of, i. 166.
Discussion between Apollonius of Tyana and an Egyptian priest
respecting, 166, _note_.
Idols forbidden by Numa, 166, _note_.
Plutarch on the vanity of, 166, _note_
Ignatius, St., his martyrdom, i. 438
Ignis fatuus, legend of the, ii. 224, _note_
Imagination, sins of, i. 44.
Relation of the benevolent feelings to it, 132, 133.
Deficiency of imagination the cause of the great majority of
uncharitable judgments, 134-136.
Feebleness of the imagination a source of legends and myths, 347.
Beneficial effects of Christianity in supplying pure images to the
imagination, 299
Imperial system of the Romans, its effect on their morals, i. 257.
Apotheosis of the emperors, 257
India, ancient, admiration for the schools of, i. 229
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