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71Plato: ethics and politics — A.W.Price I Plato followed his teacher Socrates into ethics by way of a question that remained central in Greek thought: what is the relation between the virtues or excellences (aretai) of character, and happiness (eudaimonia)?1 Both concepts… …
72due — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. owed, owing, payable, outstanding, unpaid; rightful, proper, fit, appropriate, apropos; lawful, licit. See justice, rightness, expedience, debt, duty, effect. n. reward, deserts. See compensation,… …
73just — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fair, right; impartial, nonpartisan; lawful, legal, legitimate; exact, accurate, precise. See probity. adv. precisely, exactly; almost, nearly, within an ace of. See justice.Ant., unjust, unfair. II …
74deserved — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. merited, earned, justified, warranted, meet, appropriate, suitable, equitable, right, rightful, proper, fitting, just, due, well deserved; see also fit 1 . Ant. undue*, excessive, inordinate. II (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …
75merit — {{11}}merit (n.) c.1200, spiritual credit (for good works, etc.); c.1300, spiritual reward, from O.Fr. merite wages, pay, reward; thanks; merit, moral worth, that which assures divine pity, and directly from L. meritum a merit, service, kindness …
76merit — I UK [ˈmerɪt] / US noun Word forms merit : singular merit plural merits ** 1) a) [countable, usually plural] an advantage or good quality that someone or something has I can see very little merit in this approach. merit of: Viktor and Katya were… …
77right — [adj1] fair, just appropriate, condign, conscientious, deserved, due, equitable, ethical, fitting, good, honest, honorable, justifiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, merited, moral, proper, requisite, righteous, rightful, scrupulous, standup*,… …
78due — ► ADJECTIVE 1) owing or payable. 2) expected at or planned for a certain time. 3) (often due to) merited; fitting. 4) at a point where something is owed or merited: he was due for a rise. 5) proper; appropriate: due process of law. ► NOU …
79Adulation — Ad u*la tion, n. [F. adulation, fr. L. adulatio, fr. adulari, adulatum, to flatter.] Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited. [1913 Webster] Think st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation? Shak.… …
80Bed of justice — Justice Jus tice (j[u^]s t[i^]s), n. [F., fr. L. justitia, fr. justus just. See {Just}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral… …
