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n. - The capability of becoming less than completely good.

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  • In fact, it could be argued that the very concept of rule of law and sanctity of property are based on the imperfectibility of man.
  • Reason and will must attempt to make concrete and to put into practice the criterion of God's mishpat, set up by faith, in changing historical situations, always in the...
  • Just as in our work toward chastity, or any other virtue, so in our work toward social justice, we should be aware of "the essential imperfectibility of man's action...
  • But these adherents of inherent imperfectibility instance the fact of vanished and variable stars, as well as those that have suddenly appeared, and, after brief periods...
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