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Definition of Maxims
1. maxim [n] - See also: maxim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maxims
Literary usage of Maxims
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"OF maxims. 1. THERE are a sort of propositions, which, under the name ...
of maxims and axioms', have passed for principles of science : 1 By maxims or ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (1613-1680) 'maxims' of La Rochefoucauld are perhaps most ...
The ' maxims' are the very essence of a luminous and seductive worldliness. ..."
3. Handbook of Equity Jurisprudence by Norman Fetter (1895)
"THE maxims OF EQUITY. 7. Definition and Classification of maxims ... The maxims
of equity are pithy statements of its acknowledged and fundamental ..."
4. The Works of John Locke by John Locke (1823)
"how you know that these are maxims ? For methinks this, " that the essential
properties of a man are to reason, discourse," &c. an imperfect proposition, ..."
5. Elements of International Law: With a Sketch of the History of the Science by Henry Wheaton (1836)
"The two maxims, of free ships free goods, and enemy ships enemy goods, not
necessarily connected. cession ... The two maxims are not, however, inseparable. ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1825)
"X. Chinese Moral maxims, with a Free and Verbal Translation, affording Examples
of the Grammatical Structure of the Language. Compiled by John Francis Davis ..."
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