Strona 636 z 734

And thus the opinions of the Wise seem to be accordant with our

account of the matter: of course such things carry some weight,

but truth, in matters of moral action, is judged from facts and

from actual life, for herein rests the decision. So what we

should do is to examine the preceding statements by referring

them to facts and to actual life, and when they harmonise with

facts we may accept them, when they are at variance with them

conceive of them as mere theories.