Excerpt from History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne In estimating, however, the moral condition of an age, lit is not sufficient to examine the ideal of moral ists. It is necessary also to enquire how far that ideal has been realised among the people. The corruption of a nation is Often reflected in the indulgent and selfish ethics of its teachers; but it sometimes, pro duces a reaction, and impels the moralist to an ascetic ism which is the extreme Opposite of the prevailing spirit of society. The ...
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Excerpt from History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne In estimating, however, the moral condition of an age, lit is not sufficient to examine the ideal of moral ists. It is necessary also to enquire how far that ideal has been realised among the people. The corruption of a nation is Often reflected in the indulgent and selfish ethics of its teachers; but it sometimes, pro duces a reaction, and impels the moralist to an ascetic ism which is the extreme Opposite of the prevailing spirit of society. The means which moral teachers possess of acting upon their fellows, vary greatly in their nature and efficacy, and the age of the highest moral teaching is Often not that of the highest genera. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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