Volume 1

History of European morals from Augustus to Charlemagne / [William Edward Hartpole Lecky].

  • Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, 1838-1903.
Date:
1897
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Credit: History of European morals from Augustus to Charlemagne / [William Edward Hartpole Lecky]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    would thus form the complement to the labours of the historian. Such discoveries are, however, perhaps far from attain- ment, and their discussion does not fall within the compass of this work. My present object is simply to trace the action of external circumstances upon morals, to examine what have been the moral types proposed as ideal in different ages, in what degree they have been realised in practice, and by what causes they have been modified, impaired, or destroyed.