...that it is suitable to their breeding. §33. As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind....himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely follow what reason directs as best though the appetite lean the other way. §34. The great...

...presumably on his philosophical and social wisdom). As the Strength of the Body lies chiefly in being able to endure Hardships, so also does that of the Mind. And the great Principle and Foundation of all Vertue and Worth, is placed in this, That a Man is able to deny himself \\\s own Desires, cross his...

...it is opposed, not to thought, but to sin: "As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind....himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely follow what reason directs as best, though the appetite lean the other way" (STCE 33). Here...

...be shunned.59 Locke believed that "the great Principle and Foundation of all Vertue and Worth" was "that a Man is able to deny himself his own Desires, cross his own Inclinations, and purely follow what Reason directs as best, tho' the appetite lean the other way," and insisted...

...given to bodily health is explicitly applied: As the Strength of the Body lies chiefly in being able to endure Hardships, so also does that of the Mind. And the great Principle and Foundation of all Vertue and Worth, is placed in this, That a Man is able to deny himself his own Desires, cross his...

...point to his own supervisory role as writer/teacher: [T]he great Principle and Foundation of all Vertue and Worth, is placed in this, That a Man is able to deny himself his own Desires. . . . The great Mistake I have observed in People's breeding their Children has been, that this has...

...them, that it's suitable to their breeding. As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind....principle and foundation of all virtue and worth is plac'd in this: that man is able to deny himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely...

...contemporaries. "The great Principle and Foundation of all Virtue and Worth," he contended, "is plac'cl in this: That a Man is able to deny himself his own Desires, cross his own Inclinations, and purely follow what Reason directs as Best, tho' the Appetite lean the other Way."'" Again, "It...

...AJ. Simmons 1992, 37-47. 43 As he wrote in STCE, 'the great Principle and Foundation of all Vertue and Worth, is placed in this, That a Man is able to deny himself h\s own Desires, cross his own Inclinations, and purely follow what Reason directs as best, tho' the...

...adult citizens living by the laws of nature. That means subordinating passions and desires to reason: 'the great Principle and Foundation of all Virtue...himself his own Desires, cross his own Inclinations, and purely follow what Reason directs as best, tho' the appetite lean the other way' (Thoughts, §38)....