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... the Notes of Gray , as published by Matthias in the 2nd volume of his edition of the Works of that poet ; and a General Index to the entire work . INTRODUCTION TO THE EPINOMIS . ALTHOUGH this dialogue is called viii PREFACE .
... the Notes of Gray , as published by Matthias in the 2nd volume of his edition of the Works of that poet ; and a General Index to the entire work . INTRODUCTION TO THE EPINOMIS . ALTHOUGH this dialogue is called viii PREFACE .
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Plato. INTRODUCTION TO THE EPINOMIS . ALTHOUGH this dialogue is called the Epinomis , which might be rendered into English by " A Sequel to the Laws , " yet it contains not a single hint for an enactment of any kind . It is in fact ...
Plato. INTRODUCTION TO THE EPINOMIS . ALTHOUGH this dialogue is called the Epinomis , which might be rendered into English by " A Sequel to the Laws , " yet it contains not a single hint for an enactment of any kind . It is in fact ...
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... called arts or notions , or any other things of that kind , which we imagine to be sciences ; where- as not one of them is worthy to be called by the name of that wisdom , which is conversant with the affairs of man ; while on the other ...
... called arts or notions , or any other things of that kind , which we imagine to be sciences ; where- as not one of them is worthy to be called by the name of that wisdom , which is conversant with the affairs of man ; while on the other ...
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... called by the name of generalship , of the highest repute in the case of need , but requiring the greatest good fortune , and that which is assigned naturally rather to bravery than wisdom . And what persons mur- " enim arte sed natura ...
... called by the name of generalship , of the highest repute in the case of need , but requiring the greatest good fortune , and that which is assigned naturally rather to bravery than wisdom . And what persons mur- " enim arte sed natura ...
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... called Venus , had likewise the name of Juno , as shown by Time- us Locrus , p . 96 , E. and Apuleius De Mund . p . 58 . 5-5 So I have translated vonμov diaπopeias - remembering the pas- sage in the Banquet , § 28 , where mention is ...
... called Venus , had likewise the name of Juno , as shown by Time- us Locrus , p . 96 , E. and Apuleius De Mund . p . 58 . 5-5 So I have translated vonμov diaπopeias - remembering the pas- sage in the Banquet , § 28 , where mention is ...
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Page 190 - THOU wert the morning star among the living, Ere thy fair light had fled ; Now, having died, thou art as Hesperus, giving New splendour to the dead.
Page 131 - Catinensi pumice lumbum squalentes traducit avos emptorque veneni frangenda miseram funestat imagine gentem? tota licet veteres exornent undique cerae atria, nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.
Page 440 - This is certain, that whatever alterations are made in the body, if they reach not the mind; whatever impressions are made on the outward parts, if they are not taken notice of within ; there is no perception. Fire may burn our bodies with no other effect than it does a billet, unless the motion be continued to the brain, and there the sense of heat or idea of pain be produced in the mind, wherein consists actual perception.
Page 476 - there is no natural difference between the sexes, but in point of strength. When the entire sexes are compared together, the female is doubtless the inferior ; but in individuals, the woman has often the advantage of the man."* In this opinion I have no doubt that Plato is in the right.
Page 438 - ... in its natural state. But yet excess of cold as well as heat pains us, because it is equally destructive to that temper which is necessary to the preservation of life, and the exercise of the several functions of the body, and which consists in a moderate degree of warmth ; or, if you please, a motion of the insensible parts of our bodies, confined within certain bounds.
Page 438 - Happiness and misery are the names of two extremes, the utmost bounds whereof we know not; it is what 'eye hath not seen, ear not heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive'.
Page 198 - EAGLE! why soarest thou above that tomb? To what sublime and star-ypaven home Floatest thou? "I am the image of swift Plato's spirit, Ascending heaven — . Athens doth inherit His corpse below.
Page 466 - who are possessed of this faculty,' (that is, of fetching a voice from the belly or stomach) 'can manage their voice in so wonderful a manner that it shall seem to come from what part they please, not of themselves only, but of any other person in the company, or even from the bottom of a well, down a chimney, from below stairs, &c. &c. of which I myself have been witness.