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
Moral law, foundation of the, according to Ockham and his adherents, i.
17, _note_.
Various views of the sanctions of morality, 19.
Utilitarian theological sanctions, 53.
The reality of the moral nature the one great question of natural
theology, 56.
Utilitarian secular sanctions, 57.
The Utilitarian theory subversive of morality, 66.
Plausibility and danger of theories of unification in morals, 72.
Our knowledge of the laws of moral progress nothing more than
approximate or general, 136
“Moral sense,” Hutcheson’s doctrine of a, i. 4
Moral system, what it should be, to govern society, i. 194
Morals, each of the two schools of, related to the general condition of
society, i. 122.
Their relations to metaphysical schools, 123, 124.
And to the Baconian philosophy, 125.
Contrast between ancient and modern civilisations, 125-127.
Causes that lead societies to elevate their moral standard, and
determine their preference of some particular kind of
virtues, 130.
The order in which moral feelings are developed, 130.
Danger in proposing too absolutely a single character as a model to
which all men must conform, 155.
Remarks on moral types, 156.
Results to be expected from the study of the relations between our
physical and moral nature, 158.
Little influence of Pagan religions on morals, 161
More, Henry, on the motive of virtue, i. 76
Musonius, his suicide, i. 220
Mutius, history of him and his son, ii. 125
Mysticism of the Romans, causes producing, i. 318
Myths, formation of, i. 351
Naples, mania for suicide at, ii. 55
Napoleon, the Emperor, his order of the day respecting suicide, i. 219,
_note_
Nations, causes of the difficulties of effecting cordial international
friendships, i. 156
Natural moral perceptions, objections to the theory of, i. 116.
Two senses of the word natural, 118.
Reid, Sedgwick, and Leibnitz on the natural or innate powers of man,
121, _note_.
Locke’s refutation of the doctrine of a natural moral sense, 124
Neoplatonism, account of, i. 325.
Its destruction of the active duties and critical spirit, 329
Neptune, views of the Stoics of the meaning of the legends of, i. 163.
His statue solemnly degraded by Augustus, 169
Nero, his singing and acting, i. 259.
His law about slaves, 307.
His persecution of the Christians, 429
Newman, Dr., on venial sin, i. 111, and _note_ on pride, ii. 188
Nicodemus, apocryphal gospel of, ii. 221
Nilus, St., deserts his family, ii. 322
Nitria, number of anchorites in the desert of, ii. 105
Nolasco, Peter, his works of mercy, ii. 73.
His participation in the Albigensian massacres, 95
Novatians, their tenets, ii. 102
Numa, legend of his prohibition of idols, i. 166, _note_
Oath, sanctity of an, among the Romans, i. 168
Obedience, new value placed on it by monachism, ii. 185, 186, 269
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