lects
a defect of knowledge.  This makes truth the &quot;sine qua non&quot; of
justice, right action, or virtuous conduct, that is, it makes
reason the &quot;without which not&quot; of morality.  Since virtuous
conduct is distinguished as that action which leads to what
we call &quot;beauty&quot;, &quot;beatitude&quot;, or &quot;happiness&quot;, by any other
name just that which is admirable in and of itself, desired
for its own sake, or sought as an end in itself, whether it
is only in the conduct itself o