All 3 Uses of
precept
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- If I do as I intend, I shall be following his great precept.†
Chpt 5 *
- He heard nothing but revolting talk and vicious precepts uttered daily over the brandy, and at last he saw his father seducing his mistress from him with his own money.†
Chpt 12
- 'What measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you again'—it's not I who say that, it's the Gospel precept, measure to others according as they measure to you.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(precept) a rule for behavior -- especially a shared moral doctrine