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zeleucus by the like invention reclaimed the corrupted manners of the locrians. |
than oppose that of another, when truth appears against it. for it is truth alone i seek, and that will always be welcome to me, when or from whencesoever it comes. |
now, if no other determining principle can serve as a law for the will except that universal legislative form, such a will must be conceived as quite independent of the natural law of phenomena in their mutual relation, namely, the law of causality; such |
man would be a marionette or an automaton, like vaucanson's, prepared and wound up by the supreme artist. |
seeing, it calculates and deliberates what is to come by reference to what is present; and when it makes a pronouncement, as in the case of sensation it pronounces the object to be pleasant or painful, in this case it avoids or persues and so generally in |
and will not the words and the character of the style depend on the temper of the soul? |
as sight is the most highly developed sense, the name phantasia (imagination) has been formed from phaos (light) because it is not possible to see without light. |
--but the public and universal testimonies that were given of him after his death (and so will be to all posterity, both of him and all other wicked princes like him), of his tyrannies and abominable deportment, who, of a sound judgment, can reprove them? |
megistonus had passed his word for the argives' loyalty, and had persuaded him not to banish the suspected. |
idomeneus's brave squire meriones was about a spear's cast behind menelaus. his horses were slowest of all, and he was the worst driver. last of them all came the son of admetus, dragging his chariot and driving his horses on in front. |
but there is one advantage in such transcendental inquiries which can be made comprehensible to the dullest and most reluctant learner-this, namely, that the understanding which is occupied merely with empirical exercise, and does not reflect on the |
oedipus. strangers, i have no country. o forbear- |
but in this as in all other judgments that i made of sensible objects , i seem'd to be taught by nature , for i first perswaded my self that things were so or so , before ever i enquired into a reason that may prove it. |
and admitting him into his confidence in all his affairs, and continually requesting his assistance, he brought him into some suspicion. |
and the same authority condemns, as hurtful, those indiscreet and impudent motions which the women have added of their own invention, to whom it proposes the more temperate and modest pattern and practice of the beasts of their own sex:-- |
for actions have innumerable characteristics, which must be partly determined by the law and partly left to the judge. the judge must determine the fact; and to him also the punishment must sometimes be left. |
he persuaded and instructed every one in particular, and bestowed rewards or punishments according to desert; and at length his men were so well disciplined, that it was hard to say, whether they were more peaceable, or more warlike, more valiant, or more |
husband's teacher in philosophy, and declared that this did her much good; more good than the thought of the roman people, whom she was unwilling to sadden by her mourning; more than augustus, who, staggering under the loss of one of his two chief |
the other-or logical ego-the mere identity of subject and object,-when taken in its utter abstractness and simplicity, shrivels up to something very small indeed-to a something which is little better than nothing. |
how much is requisite for a single year, so that the city may not run short of this prime necessary, before you are well aware; but on the contrary you with your full knowledge will be in a position to give advice on so vital a question, to the aid or may |
even a single one of the ninety-six last centuries contained numerically more citizens than the entire first class. |
pleading that he had justly slain his father's murderer; which he, also, proving upon the spot, by sufficient witnesses, whom his good fortune very opportunely supplied him withal, that his father was really killed in the city of leontini, by that very |
and the fame of his great actions to die away by degrees. but cassius, a man of a fierce disposition, and one that out of private malice, rather than love of the public, hated caesar, not the tyrant, continually fired and stirred him up. |
juno lashed the horses on, and the gates of heaven bellowed as they flew open of their own accord-gates over which the hours preside, in whose hands are heaven and olympus, either to open the dense cloud that hides them, or to close it. |
they do not care about us; and others that they are turned from their course by gifts. |
if i can get them with the preservation of my own honor and fidelity and self-respect, show me the way and i will get them; but if you require me to lose my own proper good, that you may gain what is no good, consider how unreasonable and foolish you are. |
hirtius, though in bad health, left rome first, at the head of an army containing, among others, the martial and the fourth legions, intending to join octavius and hoping with his assistance to prevent his gaining any advantage over brutus till pansa |
naturaque discrepet. quo in genere non est incommodum, quale quidque eorum sit, ex aliis iudicare, ut, si quid dedeceat in illis, one hundred forty nine vitemus ipsi; fit enim nescio quo modo, ut magis in aliis cernamus quam in nobismet ipsis, si quid |
for i imagine that trebellius has taken this surname, what can be greater confidence than defrauding one's creditors? than flying from one's house? than, because of one's debts, being forced to go to war? |
though surrounded by her children and grandchildren, she would not lay aside her mourning garb, though by retaining it she seemed to put a slight upon all her relations, in thinking herself bereaved in spite of their being alive. |
socrates: and is it not shameless when we do not know what knowledge is, to be explaining the verb 'to know'? the truth is, theaetetus, that we have long been infected with logical impurity. |
it is not without good reasons that the appearance of the critique of pure reason is regarded as the beginning of a new era in the history of philosophy; and so it seems that a comprehension of kant's position, whether we accept or reject it, is |
then palamedes, whenever he appears in tragedy, proves agamemnon ridiculously unfit to be a general. |
the rock or the clay. in this, as appears to me, i was successful enough; for, since i endeavored to discover the falsehood or incertitude of the propositions i examined, not by feeble conjectures, but by clear and certain reasonings, i met with nothing |
for, in truth, other gifts have not so great a dignity of usage, by reason they are laid out upon all sorts of occasions; with money a man pays the wages of a servant, the diligence of a courier, dancing, vaulting, speaking, and the meanest offices we |
and avoid the enthymeme form when you are trying to rouse feeling; for it will either kill the feeling or will itself fall flat: all simultaneous motions tend to cancel each other either completely or partially. |
this other has strained it one note higher: |
at which words, seeing cinna astounded and silent, not upon the account of his promise so to be, but interdict with the weight of his conscience: "why," proceeded augustus, "to what end wouldst thou do it? is it to be emperor? |
this continually recurring duty will be a remedy in itself: for when your mind is full of maternal sorrow, nothing can distract it from its grief except either philosophic argument or honourable work. |
besieged and expelled from byzantium by the athenians, he did not return to sparta; but news came that he had settled at colonae in the troad, and was intriguing with the barbarians, and that his stay there was for no good purpose; and the ephors, now no |
pleasures with a conjugal complacency, bringing to it, if it be the wiser, moderation, lest by indiscretion they should get confounded with displeasure. intemperance is the pest of pleasure; and temperance is not its scourge, but rather its seasoning. |
why does the spider make her web tighter in one place, and slacker in another; why now make one sort of knot, and then another, if she has not deliberation, thought, and conclusion? |
three days before the ceremony, the bones of the dead are laid out in a tent which has been erected; and their friends bring to their relatives such offerings as they please. |
let not your laughter be much, nor on many occasions, nor excessive. |
but to return to their public repasts;--these had several names in greek; the cretans called them andria, because the men only came to them. |
wherefore, as to the question which publius appuleius--a man united to me by many kind offices and by the closest intimacy, and firmly attached to your interests--has asked me, i will answer in such a manner that you may be acquainted with the |
for if peace and good-will be openly sought for from those who are enemies to one, they not only are not obtained, but the hatred which they bear one is even inflamed and increased. |
besides the atheists taken notice of amongst the ancients, and left branded upon the records of history, hath not navigation discovered, in these later ages, whole nations, at the bay of soldania, in brazil, and in the caribbee islands, c., amongst whom |
but, granted that the rivers do bar our passage, and that guides are not forthcoming, what care we? we need feel no alarm for all that. |
at this point, accordingly, going down to the water's edge, he posted his heavy infantry to prevent, if possible, a landing, and encouraged them in the following terms: |
soc. it follows, then, that in proportion to the greatness of the benefit conferred, the greater his misdoing who fails to requite the kindness? |
dear father, wrapt for aye in nether gloom, e'en in the tomb never shalt thou lack of love repine, her love and mine. |
whereas quite the contrary would happen were they to bind it below; that is, between the hand and the opening, or were to make the ligature above the opening very tight. |
with respect to their nation, whether a man be a greek or a barbarian; with respect to their country, whether a man be an athenian or a lacedaemonian; with respect to their kindred, from what ancestors a man is descended, and who are his relations; with |
he that can satisfy me in this point, i will believe him in as many other miracles as he pleases; always provided that, as their manner is, he do not give me a doctrine much more intricate and fantastic than the thing itself for current pay. |
and they would hold converse not only with each other, but with blessed souls everywhere; and would be employed in the service of god, every soul fulfilling his own nature and character, and would see into the wonders of earth and heaven, and trace the |
but, it may be, to call happiness the chief good is a mere truism, and what is wanted is some clearer account of its real nature. |
every one that has any idea of any stated lengths of space, as a foot, finds that he can repeat that idea; and joining it to the former, make the idea of two feet; and by the addition of a third, three feet; and so on, without ever coming to an end of his |
one. when cotta had thus concluded, velleius replied: i certainly was inconsiderate to engage in argument with an academician who is likewise a rhetorician. |
upon to do, nor yet to do anything which a sovereign could be blamed for doing." |
three. he who knows these two things finds in them also his model and rule. ability to know this model and rule constitutes what we call the mysterious excellence (of a governor). |
or would he admit that a man is one at all, and not rather many and infinite as the changes which take place in him? i speak by the card in order to avoid entanglements of words. |
that the wise man will only feel gratitude to his friends, but to them equally whether they are present or absent. nor will he groan and howl when he is put to the torture. |
oftener those excesses of wine and lust in which barbarians delight. |
bloodshed, being himself too of a restless temper and quick to seize opportunities, made a friend of a man in like condition with himself, one pammenes, an exile in the same place, noted for his skill as an astrologer, and consequently bound to many in |
now in the days of cronos there existed a law respecting the destiny of man, which has always been, and still continues to be in heaven,-that he who has lived all his life in justice and holiness shall go, when he is dead, to the islands of the blessed, |
now the excellence of this manifestly is not peculiar to the human species but common to others: for this part and this faculty is thought to work most in time of sleep, and the good and bad man are least distinguishable while asleep; whence it is a |
the judges in these courts shall be elected by lot and give their decision at once. the final judgment in all cases shall rest with the court of appeal. |
under their notice to the guardians of the law, and correct them, until all is perfect; and from that time there shall be no more change, and they shall establish and use the new laws with the others which the legislator originally gave them, and of which |
to chung-wei was for waiting until this had abated before deciding on a final attack; but luckily another officer, li shou-cheng by name, was quicker to see an opportunity, and said: "they are many and we are few, but in the midst of this sandstorm our |
(thirteen) see "hell." two. iii. thirty six. |
anteponuntur iis, quae videntur utilia, tamen splendidius haec ab eis disseruntur, two hundred eighty three quibus, quicquid honestum est, idem utile videtur nec utile quicquam, quod non honestum, quam ab iis, two hundred eighty four quibus et honestum |
innumerable lines greater than itself, in which may be distinguished ten thousand parts or more, though there may not be above an inch in it. |
other arts have many folk everywhere who profess to teach them: some of them can be so thoroughly learned by mere boys, that they are able to teach them to others: but one's whole life must be spent in learning how to live, and, which may perhaps surprise |
understanding, and learned what was right. |
anything? we might be said to have repeated this over too often, only that here lies all that the soul shudders at from the fear of death. |
a great state behind him. indeed, from him dates the synoecia, or feast of union; which is paid for by the state, and which the athenians still keep in honour of the goddess. |
howbeit poseidon had now departed for the distant ethiopians, the ethiopians that are sundered in twain, the uttermost of men, abiding some where hyperion sinks and some where he rises. |
the mice which haunted my house were not the common ones, which are said to have been introduced into the country, but a wild native kind not found in the village. i sent one to a distinguished naturalist, and it interested him much. |
seventy five. one. the people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. it is through this that they suffer famine. |
he finish'd; and, one soul inspiring all, form'd in a wedge, the foot approach the wall. without the town, an unprovided train of gaping, gazing citizens are slain. |
the treaty and above alliance concluded, each party at once released everything whether acquired by war or otherwise, and thenceforth acting in common voted to receive neither herald nor embassy from the athenians unless they evacuated their forts and |
commune item twelve animantium omnium est coniunctionis adpetitus procreandi causa et cura quaedam eorum, quae procreata sint thirteen ; sed inter hominem et beluam hoc maxime interest, quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur, ad id solum, quod adest |
a man may be personally ever so well off, and yet if his country be ruined he must be ruined with it; whereas a flourishing commonwealth always affords chances of salvation to unfortunate individuals. |
therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor, to obtain good customs. certainly custom is most perfect, when it beginneth in young years: this we call education; which is, in effect, but an early custom. |
of the younger men as their ministers, and advising with them--in this way both together truly preserve the whole state: shall this or some other be the order of our state? |
the change of government made by sylla, which at first seemed a senseless one, by time and usage had now come to be considered by the people no unsatisfactory settlement. |
the solitude of the place was, i believe, its chief attraction, for a harbourless sea surrounds it and even for a small vessel it has but few safe retreats, nor can any one land unknown to the sentries. |
but one hate remedies that are more troublesome than the disease itself he who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears how many and many times he has been mistaken in his own judgment "i have done nothing to-day."--"what? have you not lived?" |
meanwhile phrynichus having had timely notice that he was playing him false, and that a letter on the subject was on the point of arriving from alcibiades, himself anticipated the news, and told the army that the enemy, seeing that samos was unfortified |
and these differ because 'snub' is bound up with matter (for what is snub is a concave nose), while concavity is independent of perceptible matter. if then all natural things are a analogous to the snub in their nature; e.g. |
accordingly, in the series of these perceptions, there was no determined order, which necessitated my beginning at a certain point, in order empirically to connect the manifold. |
his whole life, and his species, at the end of a thousand years, exactly what it was the first year of that thousand. why is man alone liable to grow into a dotard? |
this is how it is explained by ts'ao kung: "make it appear that you are a long way off, then cover the distance rapidly and arrive on the scene before your opponent." |
if that is done, public enlightenment leads to the union of understanding and will in the social body: the parts are made to work exactly together, and the whole is raised to its highest power. this makes a legislator necessary. |
respects definitely given, and this definiteness, which for theoretical purposes would be transcendent, is for practical purposes immanent. we could not, however, make a similar step as regards the second dynamical idea, namely, that of a necessary being. |
it is then no more by reason, by discourse, and by the soul, that we excel beasts; 'tis by our beauty, our fair complexion, and our fine symmetry of parts, for which we must quit our intelligence, our prudence, and all the rest. |
there are very few inquisitive persons who read this, who have not met with accounts, if not examples, of this nature, that may parallel, or at least justify this. |
sometimes, however, reciprocity of correlation does not appear to exist. this comes about when a blunder is made, and that to which the relative is related is not accurately stated. |
one could wish that, instead of some other member of his succession, my father had resigned to me the passionate affection he had in his old age to his household affairs; he was happy in that he could accommodate his desires to his fortune, and satisfy |
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