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Often appears with: public finance and debt · friendship and loyalty · titus · self-government · revolution and the fall of states · reunion in the universe · poverty and wealth · pericles on his death-bed · mourning and grief · moderation, luxury, and excess · macedonia · intellectual inspiration
Usually: praise (3) · reflection (2) · wonder (2) · argument (1) · letter or document (1) · grief and loss (1) · the fall of the great (1) · exhortation (1)
“YOU FORGET, cries the dying hero, who had heard all, YOU FORGET THE MOST EMINENT OF MY PRAISES, WHILE YOU DWELL SO MUCH ON THOSE VULGAR ADVANTAGES, IN WHICH FORTUNE HAD A PRINCIPAL SHARE.” David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals · vivid
“For godly sorrow causeth repentance unto health, not to be repented of: when worldly sorrow causeth death.” William Tyndale, The first New Testament printed in English · precept
Paul praises the Corinthians’ “godly sorrow,” describes consolation coming through Titus in Macedonia, reports Macedonian congregations’ generosity, and begins instructions on completing the charitable “benevolence.”
The .vij. Chapter. Seeing that we have such promises derely beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and grow up to full holiness in the fear of God. Understand us: we have hurt no man: we have corrupted no man: we have defrauded no man. I speak not this to condemn you: for I have shewed you before that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. I am very bold over you, and …
Turning to social virtues, Hume claims benevolence and humane qualities are universally praised, using examples like Pericles and citing Cicero and Juvenal to stress that social virtues secure esteem and reduce envy.
It may be esteemed, perhaps, a superfluous task to prove, that the benevolent or softer affections are estimable; and wherever they appear, engage the approbation and good-will of mankind. The epithets SOCIABLE, GOOD-NATURED, HUMANE, MERCIFUL, GRATEFUL, FRIENDLY, GENEROUS, BENEFICENT, or their equivalents, are known in all languages, and universally express the highest merit, which HUMAN NATURE is capable of attainin…
Marcus Aurelius continues praising mentors, especially for steady self-government and benevolence, then shifts to detailed admiration of his father’s governance style, sobriety, economic restraint, and consistent administration.
could ever think that he was despised by Maximus, or ever venture to think himself a better man. He had also the art of being humorous in an agreeable way. 16. In my father I observed mildness of temper, and unchangeable resolution in the things which he had determined after due deliberation; and no vain-glory in those things which men call honors; and a love of labor and perseverance; and a readiness to listen to t…
In a poem and prose, Emerson praises friendship as steadfast kindness, explains how affection boosts intellectual power and social courage, and imagines reuniting with friends beyond death.
many we see in the street, or sit with in church, whom, though silently, we warmly rejoice to be with! Read the language of these wandering eye-beams. The heart knoweth. The effect of the indulgence of this human affection is a certain cordial exhilaration. In poetry and in common speech, the emotions of benevolence and complacency which are felt towards others are likened to the material effects of fire; so swift, …