summum bonum
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
It destroys all moral and natural good which comes within its influence, and madly proclaims itself the summum bonum for mankind!
From An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... by Richard Carlile
They are his ultimate criteria and resort, and they conflict with those which the supplanting faith presents as the summum bonum of life.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
In consonance with this, the salvation which is exalted as the summum bonum, to be forever sought by the one, is self-knowledge, by the other self-realization in conformity to the Divine Will.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
This, and perhaps a battle-field and a dashing charge every now and then, would probably have realized his dreams of the summum bonum.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy
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