summum bonum
Americannoun
noun
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After all, if what is good for a nation is more important than what is good for a family, surely the greatest good, the secular summum bonum, is the good of the human race.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2011
The very passage from Jeremiah which he quotes as summing up his idea of the summum bonum, speaks against him, and he only succeeds in manipulating it in his favor by misinterpreting the word "wise."
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
What is this end in itself, this summum bonum, at which all human activity ultimately aims.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace
In saying that the summum bonum is happiness, Plato is not telling us anything about it.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace
This fulness of life has been the summum bonum, the highest good, which mankind has sighed for in every age and clime.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Thomas Inman
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