10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY»
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make a virtue of necessity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
make a virtue of necessity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The most improbable practices are therefore excluded, as unthinkable, by a kind
of immediate submission to order that inclines agents to make a virtue of
necessity, that is, to refuse what is anyway denied and to will the inevitable. The
very ...
To become a model of obedience in that way is, after all, to make a virtue of
necessity." You are not to speak this way; you are to say nothing at all, you are to
be silent and obey, so that, if it really is true that the lily and the bird make a virtue
of ...
Søren Kierkegaard, Howard Vincent Hong, Edna Hatlestad Hong, 1997
To become a model of obedience in that way is, after all, to make a virtue of
necessity." You are not to speak this way; you are to say nothing at all, you are to
be silent and obey, so that, if it really is true that the lily and the bird make a virtue
of ...
To make a virtue of necessity. [See Quinct., lib. 1, cap. 8.] Before 1259: Matt. Pans
(Record Series), i 20, Vitam in tantam sanctitatem commutavit, faciendo de
necessitate virtutem. c.1374: Chaucer, Troylus, bk iv. l.1586, Thus maketh vertue
of ...
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis, 2005
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Equisse D'une Théorie de la Pratique
... or at the cost of the double negation which inclines agents to make a virtue of
necessity, that is, to refuse what is anyway refused and to love the inevitable. The
very conditions of production of the ethos, necessity made into a virtue, are such
...
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Literature, its rise, progress, fortunes and advantages, an ...
Quotations are frequently introduced into general conversation, and they fit in so
admirably that the speaker almost imagines them to be the coinage of his brain.
For instance, how often we hear the remark, " To make a virtue of necessity.
Charles Spence (of Liverpool.), 1863
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Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays
Methinks, therefore, it were better to make a virtue of necessity; and, since we
cannot get rid of the vulgar notion and belief of an external world, to reconcile our
reason to it as well as we can; for, if Reason should stomach and fret ever so
much ...
Thomas Reid, Ronald E. Beanblossom, Keith Lehrer, 1983
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The Routledge Dictionary
of Latin Quotations: The ...
tetigisti acu you hold an eel by the tail: anguillam cauda tenes you make a virtue
of necessity: facis de necessitate virtutem you must avoid that wicked siren Sloth:
vitanda est improba siren Desidia you need only a show of war to have peace: ...
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Rhetoric Reclaimed: Aristotle and the Liberal Arts Tradition
At another level, if imagining the transcendence of limits is possible, but actually
transgressing those limits is highly improbable, then agents often, as Bourdieu
puts it, "make a virtue of necessity" and refuse to attempt what appears to be ...
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Why Machiavelli Matters:
A Guide to Citizenship in
a Democracy
If these examples show Machiavelli exerting little effort to make a virtue of
necessity, others reveal an underlying ambivalence. Here we may suspect the
kind of fatalism that will come into play when we turn to his conjectures on virt u
and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY»
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make a virtue of necessity is used in the context of the following news items.
Superyachts: building a floating palace
... Gioanola, who is part of the management team at the superyacht builder, says that the company has been able to make a virtue of necessity. «E&T magazine, Jul 15»
The Unbearable Logic of the European Union
Rather than insisting on the impossible, the EU, IMF and other interested players ought to make a virtue of necessity. Instead of demanding ... «The National Interest Online, Jun 15»
How UNITE Took on the Fast Food Companies Over Zero Hour …
Unite was fully aware that all the fast food contracts were expiring at the same time. We decided to make a virtue of necessity by turning this ... «Socialist Project, May 15»
Aotearoa/New Zealand: Unite Union's fast-food workers take on …
We decided to make a virtue of necessity by turning this year's bargaining into an industry-wide campaign along the lines of the “SupersizeMyPay. «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, May 15»
COLUMN-Iron ore miners, OPEC are on same path, but not by …
They are now seeking to make a virtue of necessity, claiming that their low-cost models makes a survival of the fittest strategy a good idea. «Reuters, Apr 15»
California Needs More Old People
So why not make a virtue of necessity? Yet California has built very little of the senior-oriented infrastructure that makes Florida such a magnet ... «City Watch, Apr 15»
The Germans don't make cars like the Italian Maserati Ghibili anymore
It's possible, of course, that Maserati has decided to make a virtue of necessity; even as part of the Fiat group, it almost certainly lacks the ... «The Australian, Apr 15»
Our Corporate Saviors
So outfits like McDonald's decide to make a virtue of necessity and pat themselves on the back for paying a bit more. They hope that these ... «The American Prospect, Apr 15»
7 Reasons Why the 99 Percent Keeps Losing
You'd expect young adults to be in the streets, but here the cynicism about politics blends with a natural inclination to make a virtue of necessity ... «The American Prospect, Mar 15»
Even if David Cameron wins in May this exit talk will haunt him
To make a virtue of necessity, Cameron hopes that signalling readiness to stand aside will project healthy detachment from the unseemly ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
