The Five Great Philosophies of Life
by William De Witt Hyde
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hyde, William De Witt, 1858-1917
- Credits
- Produced by Christina Blust, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
- Subject
- Philosophy, Ancient
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 39065
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39065
- Release Date
- March 7, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE FIVE GREAT PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE — BY
- 2.WILLIAM DE WITT HYDE — New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1924 — PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — Norwood Press J.S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
- 3.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- 4.CONTENTS — THE FIVE GREAT PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE
- 5.CHAPTER I — THE EPICUREAN PURSUIT OF PLEASURE — I SELECTIONS FROM THE EPICUREAN SCRIPTURES — II THE EPICUREAN VIEW OF WORK AND PLAY — III THE EPICUREAN PRICE OF HAPPINESS — IV THE DEFECTS OF EPICUREANISM — V AN EXAMPLE OF EPICUREAN CHARACTER — VI THE CONFESSIONS OF AN EPICUREAN HERETIC
- 6.CHAPTER II — STOIC SELF-CONTROL BY LAW — I THE PSYCHOLOGICAL LAW OF APPERCEPTION — II SELECTIONS FROM THE STOIC SCRIPTURES — III THE STOIC REVERENCE FOR UNIVERSAL LAW — IV THE STOIC SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF EVIL — V THE STOIC PARADOXES — VI THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF STOICISM — VII THE PERMANENT VALUE OF STOICISM — VIII THE DEFECTS OF STOICISM
- 7.CHAPTER III — THE PLATONIC SUBORDINATION OF LOWER TO HIGHER — I THE NATURE OF VIRTUE — II RIGHTEOUSNESS WRIT LARGE — III THE CARDINAL VIRTUES — IV PLATO'S SCHEME OF EDUCATION — V RIGHTEOUSNESS THE COMPREHENSIVE VIRTUE — VI THE STAGES OF DEGENERATION — VII THE INTRINSIC SUPERIORITY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS — VIII TRUTH AND ERROR IN PLATONISM
- 8.CHAPTER IV — THE ARISTOTELIAN SENSE OF PROPORTION — I ARISTOTLE'S OBJECTIONS TO PREVIOUS SYSTEMS — II THE SOCIAL NATURE OF MAN — III RIGHT AND WRONG DETERMINED BY THE END — IV THE NEED OF INSTRUMENTS — V THE HAPPY MEAN — VI THE ARISTOTELIAN VIRTUES AND THEIR ACQUISITION — VII ARISTOTELIAN FRIENDSHIP — VIII CRITICISM AND SUMMARY OF ARISTOTLE'S TEACHING
- 9.CHAPTER V — THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT OF LOVE — I THE TEACHING OF LOVE — II THE FULFILMENT OF LAW THROUGH LOVE — III THE COUNTERFEITS OF LOVE — IV THE WHOLE-HEARTEDNESS OF LOVE — V THE CULTIVATION OF LOVE — VI THE BLESSEDNESS OF LOVE — VII THE SUPREMACY OF LOVE
- 10.INDEX
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