Friday, September 21, 2007

He calls in question this alleged process of association



He calls in question this alleged process of association. Because a
man"s own cane is interesting to him, it does not follow that every
other man"s cane is interesting. [He here commits a mistake of fact;
other men"s walking canes are interesting to the interested owner of a
cane. It may not follow that this interest is enough to determine
self-sacrifice.]




As a farther answer to the second objection, he remarks, that it



applies to every theory of ethics that supposes our duties to be set by
the Deity
As a farther answer to the second objection, he remarks, that it
applies to every theory of ethics that supposes our duties to be set by
the Deity. Christianity itself is defective, considered as a system of
rules for tho guidance of human conduct.




Greece



Greece.--Once Greece led the world in intellectual pursuits, in
art, in poetry, in philosophy. A large and vital part of
European culture is rooted directly in the language and thought
of Athens. The most beautiful edifice in the world was the
Peace Palace of the Parthenon, erected by Pericles, to
celebrate the end of Greece"s suicidal wars. This endured 2,187
years, to be wrecked at last (1687) in Turkish hands by the
Christian bombs of the Venetian Republic.