sum|mum bo|num

sum|mum bo|num
sum|mum bo|num «SUHM uhm BOH nuhm»,
Latin. the highest or ultimate good: »

Bentham, the founder of Utilitarianism,…held as the summum bonum the greatest good for the greatest number and believed that there was no limit to the benefits a good education could confer (Scientific American).


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  • Summum Bonum — Sụm|mum Bo|num 〈n.; ; unz.; geh.〉 höchstes Gut [lat.] * * * Sụmmum Bọnum   [lateinisch] das, , Philosophie: höchster Wert, Gott (höchstes Gut). * * * Sụm|mum Bọ|num, das; [lat. summum bonum, zu: summus (↑Summa) u. bonum = Gut, zu: bonu …   Universal-Lexikon

  • summumbonum — sum·mum bo·num (so͝omʹəm bōʹnəm) n. The greatest or supreme good.   [Latin : summum, neuter of summus, highest + bonum, good.] * * * …   Universalium

  • Summum Bonum — Sụm|mum Bọ|num 〈n.; Gen.: ; Pl.: unz.〉 höchstes Gut [Etym.: lat.] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • Summum Bonum — Sum|mum Bo|num das; <aus gleichbed. lat. summum bonum> das höchste Gut; Gott (in der christlichen Philos. u. Theologie) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • summum bonum* — sum•mum bo•num [[t]ˈsʊm ʊm ˈboʊ nʊm[/t]] eng. [[t]ˈsʌm əm ˈboʊ nəm[/t]] n. Latin. fot the highest or chief good …   From formal English to slang

  • Summum bonum — Sum mum bo num [L.] (Philos.) The supreme or highest good, referring to the object of human life. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… …   English syllables

  • ma — abo·ma; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; abro·ma; ab·u·ku·ma·lite; abu·lo·ma·nia; acan·tho·chei·lo·ne·ma; ac·an·tho·ma; acan·tho·so·ma; ac·cla·ma·tion; ac·cli·ma·ta·tion; ac·cli·ma·tion; ac·cli·ma·ti·za·tion; ac·cli·ma·tize; acel·da·ma; acho·ma·wi;… …   English syllables

  • li — ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; acan·tho·ceph·a·li; acan·tho·li·mon; aceph·a·li·na; acet·y·li·za·tion; acho·li; ade·lo·spon·dy·li; ae·go·li·us; ae·o·li·an·ly; ae·tha·li·oid;… …   English syllables

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