The Five Great Philosophies of Life
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- THE FIVE GREAT PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE
- 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.
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- CONTENTS
- THE FIVE GREAT PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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