Ethics of the Great ReligionsWatts, 1904 - 74 pàgines |
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Pàgina 9
... respect human life for the sake of Man , tranquil- lity , order , and progress go hand in hand ; but those who only respected human life because God had forbidden murder have set their mark upon Europe in fifteen centuries of blood and ...
... respect human life for the sake of Man , tranquil- lity , order , and progress go hand in hand ; but those who only respected human life because God had forbidden murder have set their mark upon Europe in fifteen centuries of blood and ...
Pàgina 12
... respect for parents ; the former a familiar custom of the ancient Oriental nations , the latter an elementary obligation , some knowledge of which is common to almost all intelli- were actuated by as high a sense of right as were those ...
... respect for parents ; the former a familiar custom of the ancient Oriental nations , the latter an elementary obligation , some knowledge of which is common to almost all intelli- were actuated by as high a sense of right as were those ...
Pàgina 13
... respects the laws are self - contradictory , and , if we are at times surprised at their humane spirit , we are as often shocked by their barbarous severity . The laws regulating slavery allow the servant to depart at the end of six ...
... respects the laws are self - contradictory , and , if we are at times surprised at their humane spirit , we are as often shocked by their barbarous severity . The laws regulating slavery allow the servant to depart at the end of six ...
Pàgina 22
... respect of a fast day , or a Sabbath day , " never seems to have been fully grasped by the Christian world in general , and even at the present day is but too often forgotten . " Put on , therefore , as God's elect , holy and beloved ...
... respect of a fast day , or a Sabbath day , " never seems to have been fully grasped by the Christian world in general , and even at the present day is but too often forgotten . " Put on , therefore , as God's elect , holy and beloved ...
Pàgina 32
... respect to thyself , " I am alone , " know that that sage who witnesses all virtuous acts and all crimes resides ever in thy heart ( viii . 91 ) . The following need no comment : — If a man does anything for the sake of his happiness in ...
... respect to thyself , " I am alone , " know that that sage who witnesses all virtuous acts and all crimes resides ever in thy heart ( viii . 91 ) . The following need no comment : — If a man does anything for the sake of his happiness in ...
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Pàgina 17 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Pàgina 15 - Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Pàgina 17 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Pàgina 17 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Pàgina 18 - I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Pàgina 19 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Pàgina 14 - And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul...
Pàgina 16 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Pàgina 15 - The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Pàgina 18 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God ? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...