Sentence examples for preserve oneself from inspiring English sources

So IVp20 suggests, as IVp44s does, that consciously trying to preserve oneself is right and neglecting to preserve oneself is wrong.

They quote Spinoza's statement that "The [effort] to preserve oneself is the primary and sole basis of virtue".

Velthuysen's Dissertatio is an unabashed defense of Hobbes' thought, in which the duty to preserve oneself is given pride of place (esp. Sect. XIII).

As Spinoza puts it, "it is one thing, I say, to defend oneself, to preserve oneself, to give judgment, etc., by right, another thing to defend and preserve oneself in the best way and to give the best judgment" (TP 5/1).

Thomas articulates nearing the end of that journey--the panic, the animal instinct to preserve oneself.

I see dropping out as a defensive reaction to the culmination of a series of Educational Traumas so severe that fleeing to preserve oneself is prioritized over staying, fighting, and resolving/improving a poor fit with educational practices.

Her kisses and meals are full of love - the ultimate ingredient to preserving oneself each day.

Using vague, slippery, or just meaningless language is not the same as lying: it's not intended to deceive so much as to preserve options, buy time, distance oneself from others, or just to sound like you're saying something instead of nothing.

Infidelity can be corrosive in marriages worth preserving, and guarding oneself against sexual deceit is a bipartisan practice.

The right to preserve an area of silence around oneself is at least as important as the right to create noise.

To allow a life-ending process to take its course 2. To let death put an end to severe suffering 3. To end a situation that is seen as an unreasonable demand 4. To spare others from the burden of oneself 5. To preserve self-determination in the last moments of life 6.