The Nature Of True Virtue

Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725208575

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The Nature of True Virtue by Jonathan Edwards Pdf

A major work in moral philosophy by the Puritan who was the most modern man of his age. Edwards at his very greatest . . . he speaks with an insight into science and psychology so much ahead of his time that our own can hardly be said to have caught up with him. Perry Miller, 'Jonathan Edwards' Like the great speculators Augustine, Aquinas, and Pascal, Jonathan Edwards treated religious ideas as problems not of dogma, but of life. His exploration of self-love disguised as true virtue is grounded in the hard facts of human behavior. More than a hellfire preacher, more than a theologian, Edwards was a bold and independent philosopher. Nowhere is his force of mind more evident than in this book. He speaks as powerfully to us today as he did to the keenest minds of the eighteenth century.

Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Eremitical Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1926777204

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Dissertation on the Nature of True Virtue by Jonathan Edwards Pdf

What does it mean to be virtuous? How is virtue connected to the love of God? These are the questions Jonathan Edwards sets out to answer in his dissertation on the nature of true virtue. With relentless logic, Edwards argues from common experience to general principles. He distinguishes between primary and secondary forms of virtue and shows that the highest human actions must necessarily arise from a clear sense of God's purpose. "The general nature of true virtue," he says, "is love."

Author : James Duban
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0838638880

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The Nature of True Virtue by James Duban Pdf

This study details the compatibility of ideas between Jonathan Edwards and Emanuel Swedenborg that helped forge the theological socialism of Henry James Sr. Duban demonstrates how a forgotten newspaper exchange between the elder James and Unitarian minister Henry Whitney Bellows clarified the Puritan foundations of the elder James's philosophy. Henry James Jr., in turn, transformed the phenomenalistic and Edwardsian foundations of his father's philosophy into the psychological dramas of major novels, although deeming the father's political radicalism destructive of aesthetic valuation.

Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1778
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : UCD:31175005623817

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An Essay on the Nature of True Virtue by Jonathan Edwards Pdf

Author : William HART (Pastor of the First Church in Say-Brook.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1771
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018090741

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Remarks on President Edwards' dissertations concerning the nature of true virtue, etc by William HART (Pastor of the First Church in Say-Brook.) Pdf

Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 137964609X

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An Essay on the Nature of True Virtue by Jonathan Edwards Pdf

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T057073 Anonymous. By Jonathan Edwards. Originally published in 1765 in 'Two dissertations I. Concerning the end for which God created the world. II. The nature of true virtue.'. London: printed by W. Oliver: sold by T. Payne and Son; T. Cadell; Messrs Dilly; C. Parker; Mr Prince, at Oxford; Mr Merril, at Cambridge, 1778. xv, [1],278p.; 8°

Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1765
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : BL:A0021201592

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Two Dissertations by Jonathan Edwards Pdf

Author : Aristotle
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781425000868

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Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle Pdf

Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" is considered to be one of the most important treatises on ethics ever written. In an incredibly detailed study of virtue and vice in man, Aristotle examines one of the most central themes to man, the nature of goodness itself. In Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics," he asserts that virtue is essential to happiness and that man must live in accordance with the "doctrine of the mean" (the balance between excess and deficiency) to achieve such happiness.

Author : Virginia A. Peacock,Toronto School of Theology (Ont.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Puritans
ISBN : OCLC:222680263

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Problems in the Interpretation of Jonathan Edward's The Nature of True Virtue by Virginia A. Peacock,Toronto School of Theology (Ont.) Pdf

Author : J. Budziszewski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107165786

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Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics by J. Budziszewski Pdf

This guide to St Thomas Aquinas' virtue ethics provides commentary on essential texts, rendering them accessible to all readers.

Author : Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996-09-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521578264

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Virtues of the Mind by Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski Pdf

This remarkable book is the first attempt to establish a theory of knowledge based on the model of virtue theory in ethics.

Author : Peter Harrison
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226478982

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The Territories of Science and Religion by Peter Harrison Pdf

The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such divergent views of the universe have always been in fierce opposition? Actually, that’s not the case, says Peter Harrison: our very concepts of science and religion are relatively recent, emerging only in the past three hundred years, and it is those very categories, rather than their underlying concepts, that constrain our understanding of how the formal study of nature relates to the religious life. In The Territories of Science and Religion, Harrison dismantles what we think we know about the two categories, then puts it all back together again in a provocative, productive new way. By tracing the history of these concepts for the first time in parallel, he illuminates alternative boundaries and little-known relations between them—thereby making it possible for us to learn from their true history, and see other possible ways that scientific study and the religious life might relate to, influence, and mutually enrich each other. A tour de force by a distinguished scholar working at the height of his powers, The Territories of Science and Religion promises to forever alter the way we think about these fundamental pillars of human life and experience.

Author : Peter Lawler,Marc Guerra
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501757914

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The Science of Modern Virtue by Peter Lawler,Marc Guerra Pdf

The Science of Modern Virtue examines the influence that the philosopher Rene Descartes, the political theorist John Locke, and the biologist Charles Darwin have had on our modern understanding of human beings and human virtue. Written by leading thinkers from a variety of fields, the volume is a study of the complex relation between modern science and modern virtue, between a kind of modern thought and a kind of modern action. Offering more than a series of substantive introductions to Descartes', Locke's, and Darwin's accounts of who we are and the kind of virtue to which we can aspire, the book invites readers to think about the ways in which the writings of these seminal thinkers shaped the democratic and technological world in which modern human beings live. Thirteen scholars in this volume learnedly explore questions drawn from the diverse disciplines of political science, philosophy, theology, biology, and metaphysics. Let the reader be warned: The authors of these essays are anything but consensual in their analysis. Considered together, the chapters in this volume carry on a lively internal debate that mirrors theoretical modernity's ongoing discussion about the true nature of human beings and the science of virtue. Some authors powerfully argue that Locke's and Darwin's thought is amenable to the claims made about human beings and human virtue by classical philosophers such as Aristotle and classical Christian theologians such as Thomas Aquinas. Others make the opposite case, drawing attention to the ways in which Descartes, Locke, and Darwin knowingly and dialectically depart from central teachings of both classical philosophy and classical Christian theology.

Author : Katherine Chambers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009383813

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Augustine on the Nature of Virtue and Sin by Katherine Chambers Pdf

Augustine of Hippo is a key figure in the history of Christianity and has had a profound impact on the course of western moral and political thought. Katherine Chambers here explores a neglected topic in Augustinian studies by offering a systematic account of the meaning that Augustine gave to the notions of virtue, vice and sin. Countering the view that he broke with classical eudaimonism, she demonstrates that Augustine's moral thought builds on the dominant approach to ethics in classical 'pagan' antiquity. A critical appraisal of this tradition reveals that Augustine remained faithful to the eudaimonist approach to ethics. Chambers also refutes the view that Augustine was a political pessimist or realist, showing that it is based upon a misunderstanding of Augustine's ideas about the virtue of justice. Providing a coherent account of key features in Augustine's ethics, her study invites a new and fresh evaluation of his influence on western moral and political thought.

Author : Ayn Rand
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1964-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781101137222

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The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand Pdf

A collection of essays that sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's controversial, groundbreaking philosophy. Since their initial publication, Rand's fictional works—Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged—have had a major impact on the intellectual scene. The underlying theme of her famous novels is her philosophy, a new morality—the ethics of rational self-interest—that offers a robust challenge to altruist-collectivist thought. Known as Objectivism, her divisive philosophy holds human life—the life proper to a rational being—as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature. In this series of essays, Rand asks why man needs morality in the first place, and arrives at an answer that redefines a new code of ethics based on the virtue of selfishness. More Than 1 Million Copies Sold!