The ethics of Hercules : $b A study of man's body as the sole determinant of ethical valuesGivler, Robert Chenault
Philosophy
The ethics of Hercules : $b A study of man's body as the sole determinant of ethical values
Givler, Robert Chenault
Ethics; Psychophysiology
26. “To put the saddle on the _right_ horse.” (That is, to impute
blame where it is deserved.)
27. “The clock that stands still points _right_ twice in the four
and twenty hours; while others may keep going continually and be
continually going wrong.”
28. “A fool must now and then be _right_ by chance.”
29. “And this wise world of ours is mainly _right_.”
30. “Some praise at morning what they blame at night,
But always think the last opinion _right_.”
Idiomatic and archaic uses, signifying _true_, _real_, _actual_,
_genuine_, _correct_.
31. “If they be not _right_ Granado silk.”
32. “A pound of ointment of _right_ spikenard.”
33. “A _right_ pipe of Trinidad.”
34. “My _ryghte_ doghter, tresoure of myn herte.”
35. “The Poet is indeed the _right_ Popular Philosopher, whereof
Esops tales giue good proofe.”
36. “Be sure you’re _right_, then go ahead.”
37. _Right!_ _Right_-O! _Right_ you are! (Slang.)
[13] This class includes:
38. That side of the body which is on the east when the face is
toward the north, its limbs, their clothing, etc., as, for example,
_right_ arm, cheek, leg, ear, coat-sleeve, and so on.
39. Motions in the direction implied in the preceding example: “Go
to the _right_.” “_Right_ about.”
40. Anything, usually one member of a pair, shaped or otherwise
adapted for a _right_-hand position or use, e. g., gloves, shoes,
etc.
41. A _right_-side tool. A _right_-hand thread on a machine screw.
42. _Right_ camphor; “The camphor produced from the Lauraceae which
gives a _right_ polarization to light.
43. _Right_ bower; in euchre the knave of trumps, which is the
highest card next to the joker. This card has a place in our study
of “right” if for no other reason than that it signifies power of
achievement in that player who finds it in his hand.
44. The _right_ hand of fellowship. This expression denotes a
custom of very ancient origin, practised in treaties by the
Persians and Parthians, not only as an inviolable pledge of
fidelity (“In union there is strength.”), but also as a proof that
no club or other weapon was concealed in the hand.
45. In the politics of continental Europe,—that party which
occupies the position to the _right_ of the president in the
legislative assembly.
46. By metonomy (conditioned reflex) the conservative political
party.
47. By selective association, the party or party principles which
one approves.
[14] As a partial list of the significations included in this class,
may be cited:
48. In the legal sense, that which justly accrues or falls to
anyone, that which one may properly claim, one’s due, e. g.,
territory, estate, dominion.
49. Particular cases of the preceding: _Right_ of eminent domain,
Constitutional _rights_, Corporeal _rights_, Inchoate _right_ of
dower, Innominate _rights_, etc.
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