Introduction to the Science of Ethics
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Infinite Superiority of Virtue. In the third place, virtue is infinitely more valuable than anything else whatsoever. This is another translation from the qualitative to the quanti- tative. If the virtuous life possesses a value of an essentially new and higher type, then no quantity of mere ' acceptables ' can ever be equivalent to it. Hence, as compared with any RIGORISM 169 merely acceptable thing, the value of virtue is infinite, i. E. Is incapable of being increased by the addition of any ...finite value. The stoics were never tired of setting this forth in striking illustrations. In the happy life the addition or subtraction of all the gifts of fortune makes not so much difference as the addition or subtraction of a single penny would make to the wealth of Croesus, or as a drop of water more or less would make to the great sea.
Suicide. The stoic doctrine of suicide is an unimportant detail ; but it should be noticed for the light it throws upon these paradoxes. Like the Epicureans, the stoics regarded suicide as sometimes justifiable.
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Infinite Superiority of Virtue. In the third place, virtue is infinitely more valuable than anything else whatsoever. This is another translation from the qualitative to the quanti- tative. If the virtuous life possesses a value of an essentially new and higher type, then no quantity of mere ' acceptables ' can ever be equivalent to it. Hence, as compared with any RIGORISM 169 merely acceptable thing, the value of virtue is infinite, i. E. Is incapable of being increased by the addition of any ...finite value. The stoics were never tired of setting this forth in striking illustrations. In the happy life the addition or subtraction of all the gifts of fortune makes not so much difference as the addition or subtraction of a single penny would make to the wealth of Croesus, or as a drop of water more or less would make to the great sea.
Suicide. The stoic doctrine of suicide is an unimportant detail ; but it should be noticed for the light it throws upon these paradoxes. Like the Epicureans, the stoics regarded suicide as sometimes justifiable.
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