Sentence examples for true goods from inspiring English sources

On the basis of these distinctions, Philosophy can argue that Boethius has not lost any true goods, and that he still even retains those goods of fortune his family which carry much real worth.

The difference between the reasoning of a vicious person and that of a virtuous person differs not at all in its structure, but only in its content, for the virtuous person pursues true goods, and the vicious person gets side-tracked by apparent ones.

By following the method he has prescribed for himself and exercising his capacity for judgment, he is confident of eventually acquiring all the true knowledge of which he is capable, and "in this way all the true goods within my reach" (AT VI 28/CSM I 125).

The first (which is put forward in Book II and the first part of Book III) distinguishes between the ornamental goods of fortune, which are of very limited value riches, status, power and sensual pleasure and the true goods: the virtues and also sufficiency, which is what those who seek riches, status and power really desire.

Is "essentially true" good enough?

The bad news is that the converse is also true: good times don't promote liberalization.

"Each one calls the only true good what the other condemns as baneful illusion.

He taught rhetoric at the University of Pavia, where he made public his De voluptate (On Pleasure), a dialogue about the nature of the true good.

"And the kind of Everyman who appears has a kind of Reagan haircut, because to Kelly, Reagan epitomizes the true, good American," Sutton said.

In sum, Robert J.O'Connor was known by all as a true "good egg" and he will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.

According to Green, freedom is not the supposed ability to do anything desired but is the power to identify one's self with the good that reason reveals as one's own true good.