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summum bonum
[ soom-oom boh-noom; English suhm-uhm boh-nuhm ]
noun
Latin.
- the highest or chief good.
summum bonum
/ ˈsʊmʊm ˈbɒnʊm /
noun
- the principle of goodness in which all moral values are included or from which they are derived; highest or supreme good
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“Stealing the mascot is the summum bonum. If you can capture that, there are no boundaries in life.”
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The modern student of monasticism, bred in an age which regards freedom as its summum bonum and holds discipline at a discount, cannot but feel sympathy with the nuns.
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The latter statement admits an ideal, summum bonum—namely, pleasure.
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This, and perhaps a battle-field and a dashing charge every now and then, would probably have realized his dreams of the summum bonum.
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A man often deems that negative condition of freedom the summum bonum; not so an affectionate woman.
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