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Lectures XIV THE VALUE OF SAINTLINESS
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We have now passed in review the more important of the phenomena1 which are regarded asfruits of genuine religion and characteristics of men who are devout2. Today we have to change ourattitude from that of description to that of appreciation3; we have to ask whether the fruits inquestion can help us to judge the absolute value of what religion adds to human life. Were I toparody Kant, I should say that a "Critique of pure Saintliness" must be our theme.
If, in turning to this theme, we could descend4 upon our subject from above like Catholictheologians, with our fixed5 definitions of man and man's perfection and our positive dogmas aboutGod, we should have an easy time of it. Man's perfection would be the fulfillment of his end; andhis end would be union with his Maker6. That union could be pursued by him along three paths,active, purgative7, and contemplative, respectively; and progress along either path would be asimple matter to by the application of a limited number of theological and moral conceptionsanddefinitions(measure) . The absolute significance and value of any bit of religious experiencewe might hear of would thus be given almost mathematically into our hands.
If convenience were everything, we ought now to grieve at finding ourselves cut off from soadmirably convenient a method as this. But we did cut ourselves off from it deliberately8 in thoseremarks which you remember we made, in our first lecture, about the empirical method; and itmust be <321> confessed that after that act of renunciation we can never hope for clean-cut andscholastic results. WE cannot divide man sharply into an animal and a rational part. WE cannotdistinguish natural from supernatural effects; nor among the latter know which are favors of God,and which are
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1 phenomena | |
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2 devout | |
adj.虔诚的,虔敬的,衷心的 (n.devoutness) | |
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3 appreciation | |
n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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4 descend | |
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5 fixed | |
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6 maker | |
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7 purgative | |
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8 deliberately | |
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9 scholastic | |
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10 counterfeit | |
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11 demon | |
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12 mere | |
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13 aggregate | |
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14 piecemeal | |
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15 judgment | |
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16 judgments | |
判断( judgment的名词复数 ); 鉴定; 评价; 审判 | |
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17 philosophic | |
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18 condemn | |
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19 condemned | |
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20 confession | |
n.自白,供认,承认 | |
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21 profess | |
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22 virtue | |
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23 subjective | |
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24 deity | |
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25 peremptorily | |
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26 partisans | |
游击队员( partisan的名词复数 ); 党人; 党羽; 帮伙 | |
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27 abhor | |
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28 abhorrent | |
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29 secular | |
n.牧师,凡人;adj.世俗的,现世的,不朽的 | |
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30 alteration | |
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31 interval | |
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32 perfectly | |
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33 placate | |
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34 credentials | |
n.证明,资格,证明书,证件 | |
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35 positively | |
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36 deities | |
n.神,女神( deity的名词复数 );神祗;神灵;神明 | |
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37 relished | |
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38 cult | |
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39 thwarted | |
阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; 横过 | |
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40 Buddhist | |
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41 inflicted | |
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42 salvation | |
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43 delightful | |
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44 doctrine | |
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45 irrational | |
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46 tapers | |
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47 mumbling | |
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48 sects | |
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49 bleak | |
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50 destined | |
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51 pretensions | |
自称( pretension的名词复数 ); 自命不凡; 要求; 权力 | |
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52 pretension | |
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53 begotten | |
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54 condemning | |
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55 briefly | |
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56 accredited | |
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57 discredited | |
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58 elimination | |
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59 applied | |
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60 candidly | |
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61 reigning | |
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62 supplanted | |
把…排挤掉,取代( supplant的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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63 legitimacy | |
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64 obnoxious | |
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65 systematic | |
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66 alterations | |
n.改动( alteration的名词复数 );更改;变化;改变 | |
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67 embark | |
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68 err | |
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69 renounce | |
v.放弃;拒绝承认,宣布与…断绝关系 | |
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70 explicitly | |
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71 heartily | |
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72 entirely | |
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73 attain | |
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74 humble | |
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75 strenuous | |
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76 incentives | |
激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 ); 刺激; 诱因; 动机 | |
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77 reassurance | |
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78 reproof | |
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79 biased | |
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80 aspires | |
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81 impartiality | |
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82 piety | |
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83 beseech | |
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84 incorrigible | |
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85 perverse | |
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86 disorder | |
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87 justification | |
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88 corporate | |
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89 tribal | |
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90 disciples | |
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92 lust | |
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93 inevitably | |
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94 hypocrisy | |
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95 tenacity | |
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96 superstition | |
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97 exempt | |
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98 condemnation | |
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99 wilderness | |
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100 Buddha | |
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101 isolation | |
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102 ferment | |
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103 solitary | |
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104 Forsaken | |
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105 chamber | |
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106 conversing | |
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107 corruptions | |
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108 tempted | |
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109 bruised | |
[医]青肿的,瘀紫的 | |
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110 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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111 abridged | |
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112 contagious | |
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113 heresy | |
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115 stifle | |
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118 decided | |
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121 psychology | |
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122 manifestations | |
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123 purely | |
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124 aboriginal | |
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125 pugnacity | |
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126 inborn | |
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127 hatred | |
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128 Christian | |
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129 atrocities | |
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130 atrocity | |
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131 pretexts | |
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