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An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching

By George , O'Brien

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Publisher
Public Domain Books
Year
2004
ISBN
9780554339672
ASIN
B000JMLFZS
Google Books ID
GxENs8Ai2HAC
Language
eng
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EPUB
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Volume
1.0
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2024-05-25 02:25:31
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Buridan summarizes [magnificence (or munificence)](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/SS/SS134.html), the virtue of great expenditure, well ( *Eth.* , iv. 7):> By munificence, we understand a habit inclining one to the performance of great works, or to the incurring of great expenses, when, where, and in the manner in which they are called for ( *fuerit opportunum* ), for example, building a church, assembling great armies for a threatened war, and giving splendid marriage feasts. […] munificence stands in the same relation to liberality as bravery acquired by its exercise in danger of death in battle does to bravery simply and commonly understood.

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