Advantage
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
advantage · advantages · better portion · gain · getting the advantage · good things
in the texts
Antidosis
A moral and practical benefit wrongly attributed to injustice but properly belonging to righteous, faithful, and upright conduct.
If anyone is under the impression that people who rob others or falsify accounts or do any evil thing get the advantage, he is wrong in his thinking;
Being assured, therefore, that I am of this mind, and that I believe that whatever you decide will be for my good and to my advantage, let each one cast his vote as he pleases and is inclined.
while, on the other hand, they think of men who indulge their depraved and criminal instincts and who for small gains acquire a base reputation as “getting the advantage,” instead of applying this term to the most righteous and the most upright, that is, to men who take advantage of the good and not the evil things of life.
Nicocles or the Cyprians
Benefit or gain, defended when achieved through virtue and rejected when sought unjustly.
for there will be found also among men who possess these some who do wrong and use these advantages to the injury of many.
for if it is the pursuit of one’s own advantage which gives them offense, we shall find that more and greater advantages are gained from actions than from speech.
Do not strive to gain riches rather than a good name, knowing that both among the Hellenes and the barbarians as well those who have the highest reputation for virtue have at their command the greatest number of good things.