 ... the consideration of these four sorts of obligation (which are the only ones) it is evident that a full and complete obligation which will extend to all cases, can only be that arising from the authority of God; because God only can in all cases make...  An Essay on the Origin of Evil - Σελίδα xxxiτων William King - 1781 - 456 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Sir Lewis Amherst Selby-Bigge - 1897 - 476 σελίδες
...authority of God ; because God only can in all cases make a man happy or miserable : and therefore, since we are always obliged to that conformity called Virtue,...immediate rule or criterion of it, is the will of God. 864 The next enquiry therefore is, what that Will of God in this particular is, or what it directs... | |
 | Sir Lewis Amherst Selby-Bigge - 1897 - 476 σελίδες
...called Virtue, it is evident that the immediate rule or criterion of it, is the will of God. ) 864 The next enquiry therefore is, what that Will of God...in this particular is, or what it directs me to do ? should be such. Here then we are got one step farther, or to a new criterion: not to a new criterion... | |
 | David Daiches Raphael - 1991 - 440 σελίδες
...authority of God ; because God only can in all cases make a man happy or miserable: and therefore, since we are always obliged to that conformity called virtue,...the immediate rule or criterion of it is the will of God.2 But is the whole will of God the criterion of virtue? No. For though the whole will of God is... | |
 | J. B. Schneewind - 2003 - 696 σελίδες
...authority of God; because God only can in all cases make a man happy or miserable: and therefore, since we are always obliged to that conformity called virtue,...rule or criterion of it, is the will of God. The next inquiry, therefore, is, what that will of God in this particular is, or what it directs me to do? Now... | |
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