Το είπε πράγματι ο Niccolò Machiavelli: «The end justifies the means»;

Το είπε πράγματι ο Niccolò Machiavelli: «The end justifies the means»;

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CHAPTER V CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF MAN'S PSYCHIC FACULTIES TOWARDS THE ATTAINMENT OF A SINGLE GOAL 1 For a discussion of the contents of this chapter, see Jaraczewski, ZPhKr , XLVI, pp. 2—13, and Rosin, Ethik , p. 105 ff. As we have explained in the preceding chapter, it is the duty of man to subordinate all the faculties of his soul to his reason. He must keep his mind's eye fixed constantly
Eight Chapters — Jewish Thought · Rishonim, Chapter 5 · Per Sefaria text version: The Eight Chapters of Maimonides on Ethics, by Joseph I Gorfinkle / https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Eight_chapters_of_Maimonides_on_Ethics (licences vary: public domain, CC0, CC BY, some CC BY-NC) · πηγή

"Agreed," said Valenglay, laughing heartily. And he added, "My dear Prefect, once we depart from the strictly lawful path, there's no saying where we come to. But the end justifies the means; and the end which we have in view is to have done with this loathsome Mornington case."
The Teeth of the Tiger — Maurice Leblanc, CHAPTER EIGHTEEN · ¶3930 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #13058 · πηγή

He conceived the idea of combating his foes with their own weapons, and forming a society of young men, enthusiastic in the cause of humanity, who should gradually be trained to work as one man to one end--the destruction of evil and the enhancement of good in this world. Unfortunately he had unconsciously imbibed that most pernicious doctrine that the end justifies the means, and his whole plan r
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements — Nesta H. Webster, PART I · ¶735 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #19104 · πηγή

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