It was the expression of a desire on the part of the parents to insure their daughter, at an early date, against failure to attain that which all Hindus regard as the summum bonum of a woman’s life—marriage.
Much depends upon what a man regards as the Summum Bonum of life.
To resemble their ancestors is the summum bonum of their life.
Bonum summum quo tendimus omnes=--That supreme good at which we all aim.
Male imperando summum imperium amittitur=--By 10 misgovernment the supreme rule is lost.
The world makes wealth its summum bonum; or if not exactly in itself the highest good, in commercial values it is equivalent to the highest good, which is position.
Or he can start from these, find analogies among them constituting more general species, and so in ascending scale travel surely up to a general conception, or summum genus.
The Summum Bonum is the end of every creature; the passions ought to be subordinated to self-interest, and self-interest to morality.
In regard to the Summum Bonum, Cousin considers that virtue must bring happiness here or hereafter, and vice, misery.
His Summum Bonum is stated generally as the procuring of Pleasure and the avoiding of Pain.
His Theory of Happiness, or the Summum Bonum, would follow from his analysis of the Feelings and Will.
His Summum Bonum, or Theory of Happiness, is contained in his much iterated doctrine of the deliciousness of virtuous conduct, by which he proposes to effect the reconciliation of our own good with the good of others--prudence with virtue.
With regard to theSummum Bonum, or the theory of Happiness, he holds that men cannot be happy by the pursuit of mere self; but must give way to their benevolent impulses as well, all under the guidance of conscience.
The proper description of the tenets of both schools comes under the Summum Bonum.
On the Bonum, or Summum Bonum, Plato is ascetic and self-denying.
He discusses the Summum Bonum, or Happiness, only with reference to his Ethical theory.
The search for thesummum bonum, the quest of the Chief Good, is the theme of the Book Ecclesiastes.
As for the design of the Book, no one now doubts that it sets before us the search for the summum bonum, the quest of the Chief Good.
The summum bonum he considered to be a contented acquiescence in the decrees of the Deity.
Thirdly, as the result of this worshipful approach to religious reality, we have the profound peace and harmony, the summum bonum of existence, coupled with strong moral purpose which characterize her life.
The very passage from Jeremiah which he quotes as summing up his idea of the summum bonum, speaks against him, and he only succeeds in manipulating it in his favor by misinterpreting the word "wise.
In the Nikomachean and Eudemian Ethics he analyzes the meaning of virtue, gives a list and classification of the virtues and discusses the summum bonum or the aim of human life.
But please tell me what there was in that acute and grave treatise which contributed to your summum bonum.
If there is one summum bonum, one supreme end, what is it?
The treatise De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum discusses various theories of the summum bonum--the Epicurean in Books i.
Sir Lionel's summum bonum would have been an unexpected pocketful of money, three months of idleness in which to spend it, and pleasant companions for the time, who should be at any rate as well provided in pocket as himself.
She was not avaricious; she did not look to money as the summum bonum;--certainly not to marry for money's sake.
I should look on its consummation with the composure of one "qui summumnec metuit diem nec optat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "summum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
