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and besides, though i had a particular distinction by myself, what can it distinguish, when i am no more? can it point out and favour inanity? |
but shows, and species virtutibus similes, serve best with them. certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid. |
he, after eve seduced, unminded slunk into the wood fast by; and, changing shape, to observe the sequel, saw his guileful act by eve, though all unweeting, seconded upon her husband; saw their shame that sought vain covertures; but when he saw descend the |
fatal to the unjust, and that those who take this disorder die by the natural inherent power of destruction which evil has, and which kills them sooner or later, but in quite another way from that in which, at present, the wicked receive death at the |
checked by the images of things which exclude the existence of that which we remember. |
he who ranges himself on the side of virtue gives thereby a proof of a noble disposition: he who follows pleasure appears to be weakly, worn out, degrading his manhood, likely to fall into infamous vices unless someone discriminates his pleasures for him, |
caesar designed to make him king. caesar consulting what was best to be done with him, areius, we are told, said, |
all which seems no more than that duty, which god and nature has laid on man, as well as other creatures, to preserve their offspring, till they can be able to shift for themselves, and will scarce amount to an instance or proof of parents regal authority. |
least a presumed universality and objective necessity). |
it was an imagination that only superficially floated upon my soul, as tender and weak as all the rest, but really, not only exempt from anything displeasing, but mixed with that sweetness that people feel when they glide into a slumber. |
by this means the town obtained its acquittal, and escaped a most serious danger. the citizens thus preserved erected a statue to lucullus in the market-place, near that of the god bacchus. |
the soldiers were displeased with pollio, one of their two prefects, who bade them immediately swear allegiance to vitellius; and when they understood that some of the senators were still upon the spot, they made no opposition to the departure of the |
it is certain that he himself was the last that owned the title; for it was a long time after, when he was sent proconsul into spain against sertorius, that he began to write himself in his letters and commissions by the name of pompeius magnus; common |
let us now consider the various types of human character, in relation to the emotions and moral qualities, showing how they correspond to our various ages and fortunes. by emotions i mean anger, desire, and the like; these we have discussed already. |
impracticably dry when the word utility precedes the word pleasure, and as too practicably voluptuous when the word pleasure precedes the word utility." |
they sawed in two and scooped out a great beam from end to end, and fitting it nicely together again like a pipe, hung by chains a cauldron at one extremity, with which communicated an iron tube projecting from the beam, which was itself in great part |
socrates: yes, callicles, and also about the same things. |
us two who were their parents; albeit the grief of others will be more short-lived unless you too perish at the hands of achilles. |
of comet, for magnitude, color, version of the beams, placing in the reign of heaven, or lasting, produceth what kind of effects. |
or if those publique lands, and services, were ordained as a sufficient maintenance of the common-wealth, it was contrary to the scope of the institution; being (as it appeared by those ensuing taxes) insufficient, and (as it appeares by the late revenue |
jean paul knew what he was doing when he declared himself incensed at fichte's lying but patriotic flatteries and exaggerations,--but it is probable that goethe thought differently about germans from jean paul, even though he acknowledged him to be right |
and when he perceives this he will abate his violent love of the one, which he will despise and deem a small thing, and will become a lover of all beautiful forms; in the next stage he will consider that the beauty of the mind is more honourable than the |
with the state, or with some individual. let only this third part of all necessaries be required to be sold; out of the other two-thirds no one shall be compelled to sell. and how will they be best distributed? |
evening hath come on: forgive me that evening hath come on!" |
however, there are still many who think that they can explain this freedom on empirical principles, like any other physical faculty, and treat it as a psychological property, the explanation of which only requires a more exact study of the nature of the |
a small body will best perform this duty, and therefore the greater part of the three hundred sixty senators may be permitted to go and manage their own affairs, but a twelfth portion must be set aside in each month for the administration of the state. |
passion. but in both cases the madnesse is of one and the same nature. |
the pure pleasures, as well as the pure displeasures, of the imagination, say some, are the greatest, as was expressed by the balance of critolaiis. |
when i lately retired to my own house, with a resolution, as much as possibly i could, to avoid all manner of concern in affairs, and to spend in privacy and repose the little remainder of time i have to live, i fancied i could not more oblige my mind |
an athenian or spartan citizen), or by strength of character, education, or philosophy (-the sage is free even as a slave and in chains) that the human being is actually free. it was through christianity that this idea came into the world. |
citizenship. such are the religions of the lamas and of the japanese, and such is roman christianity, which may be called the religion of the priest. it leads to a sort of mixed and anti-social code which has no name. |
state. these are their sentiments; others say, that a tyrannical and despotical mode of government is the only happy one; for even amongst some free states the object of their laws seems to be to tyrannise over their neighbours: so that the generality of |
we often hear the teachers of all creeds lamenting the difficulty of keeping up in the minds of believers a lively apprehension of the truth which they nominally recognise, so that it may penetrate the feelings, and acquire a real mastery over the |
"the minute accuracy of mathematics is not to be demanded in all cases, but only in the case of things which have no matter. hence method is not that of natural science; for presumably the whole of nature has matter. |
twenty. then mardonios, as the hellenes did not descend into the plain, sent towards them all his cavalry, of which the commander was masistios (by the hellenes called makistios), a man of reputation among the persians, who had a nesaian horse with a |
athenian: shall we say then that it is the soul which controls heaven and earth, and the whole world? that it is a principle of wisdom and virtue, or a principle which has neither wisdom nor virtue? suppose that we make answer as follows: |
(three) necessities of life, and it will also be the duty of those who direct the affairs of the state to take measures that there shall be an abundance of the necessities of life. |
"i desire," he said, "to take one of the enemy alive, that so i may understand what men these are who guard the passage; their number; and with what discipline, order, and preparation they expect us; but this feat," continued he, "must be an act of a |
this consist the great things. alexander, you say, sustained great damage then when the hellenes invaded and when they ravaged troy, and when his brothers perished. |
with his sword, that he clave him down from his crown to his seat, so that the body was divided into two parts." |
i find i am much prouder of the victory i obtain over myself, when, in the very ardour of dispute, i make myself submit to my adversary's force of reason, than i am pleased with the victory i obtain over him through his weakness. |
lost to the athenians. upon hearing this, the persons whom they addressed now went round the soldiers one by one, and urged them to resist, especially the crew of the paralus, which was made up entirely of athenians and freemen, and had from time out of |
another, and moreover by representing as different a certain state and what is called after that state. |
and first, i must explain of whom i speak and what sort of natures these are who are to be philosophers and rulers. |
anger is always concerned with individuals-a callias or a socrates-whereas hatred is directed also against classes: we all hate any thief and any informer. moreover, anger can be cured by time; but hatred cannot. |
children with their own hands, threw them under the wheels, and the feet of the cattle, and then killed themselves. they tell of one who hung herself from the end of the pole of a wagon, with her children tied dangling at her heels. |
socrates answers that he is going to other gods who are wise and good, and perhaps to better friends; and he professes that he is ready to defend himself against the charge of cebes. |
on this occasion however, when the athenians were being drawn up at marathon something of this kind was done:--their army being made equal in length of front to that of the medes, came to drawn up in the middle with a depth of but few ranks, and here |
at that time he had selected for himself to live in, not the house which he now dishonours, but that of marcus piso. |
the answer of experience is that they can; for we may know a compound, which we are unable to analyze into its elements; and all the parts, when united, may be more than all the parts separated: e.g. |
and if the ideas and the particulars that share in them have the same form, there will be something common to these; for why should 'two' be one and the same in the perishable two's or in those which are many but eternal, and not the same in the 'two' |
there are things which it is not possible for me to mention with honour; but you are all the more free for that, inasmuch as you have not scrupled to be an actor in scenes which a modest enemy cannot bring himself to mention. |
seeing that man so much desired to equal himself to god, he had done better, says cicero, to have attracted those divine conditions to himself, and drawn them down hither below, than to send his corruption and misery up on high; but, to take it right, he |
the shore is irregular enough not to be monotonous. |
to do good to friends and to do evil to friends, or to do good to enemies and to do evil to enemies. or (three) a single verb may be attached to both objects: and this also gives two modes; e.g. |
then when any one of the citizens experiences any good or evil, the whole state will make his case their own, and will either rejoice or sorrow with him? |
happened to him, and the interpretation of it. but this fell out a good while after. |
this sentence of his carried so much appearance of humanity, and he gave it such advantage by the eloquence with which he urged it, that not only those who spoke after him closed with it, but even they who had before given a contrary opinion, now came |
without a natural death; the theory of giants; the custom of making themselves drunk with their beverages, and drinking to the utmost; religious ornaments painted with bones and dead men's skulls; surplices, holy water sprinkled; wives and servants, who |
it is the populace that flocks together at riots and street-brawls, while the wise man prudently makes off. it is the mob and the market-women, who part the combatants, and hinder gentle-folks from cutting one another's throats. |
he had published a history in which he had praised marcus brutus and called caius cassius the last of the romans. his accusers were satrius secundus and pinarius natta, creatures of sejanus. |
at this present moment i am not concealing from you, even if i am not revealing to you, the nature of the gods or the highest good; and to know these secrets would be of more advantage to you than to know that the price of wheat was down. |
for if the judgement is analytical, be it affirmative or negative, its truth must always be recognizable by means of the principle of contradiction. |
"ego vero me minus diu senem mallem, quam esse senem, antequam essem." |
but on the next day they were visited by a great storm, in spite of which they were obliged to continue the march, owing to insufficiency of provisions. |
and the tradition is, that a man of the name of schylus, who was one of the opposite party in the state, was in the habit of making these false charges. |
arnaces, whom he sent to the king, to inform him that the greeks, being now victorious by sea, had decreed to sail to the hellespont, where the boats were fastened together, and destroy the bridge; but that themistocles, being concerned for the king, |
in that dispute you spoke too contentiously: do not for the future argue with ignorant people: those who have never been taught are unwilling to learn. |
caunus in asia, from whence considering themselves in safety they sent a message to the fleet at miletus for a convoy along the coast. |
it happened, also, that some young romans of good and noble families, charged with neglect of discipline and misconduct in military service, were brought before the praetor in sicily. |
for the thoughts, are to the desires, as scouts, and spies, to range abroad, and find the way to the things desired: all stedinesse of the minds motion, and all quicknesse of the same, proceeding from thence. |
the second, that it makes poor merchants. for, as a farmer cannot husband his ground so well, if he sit at a great rent; so the merchant cannot drive his trade so well, if he sit at great usury. |
we must have recourse to prayers, so to speak, and hope that a slight change may be cautiously effected in a length of time. |
over these, down to the least fraction of them, ministers have been appointed to preside, who have wrought out their perfection with infinitesimal exactness. |
any one tries to hinder three us, he will have to fight it out with us, and we shall bring all the force in our power to bear." thereat mithridates set himself to prove to them that their deliverance, except with the king's good pleasure, was hopeless. |
she heedeth not the wail of hapless woe, but mocks the griefs that from her mischief flow. |
athenian: were we not a little while ago quite convinced that no silver or golden plutus should dwell in our state? |
and that prince who is lacking in this skill is wanting in the first essentials of a leader; for it is this which teaches how to find the enemy, take up quarters, lead armies, arrange marches and occupy positions with advantage. |
"the mind anxious about the future is unhappy." --seneca, epist., ninety eight. |
already reached my serious topic, the "european problem," as i understand it, the rearing of a new ruling caste for europe. |
he was now approaching the neighbourhood of seleucia with a large force, while tiridates, dismayed by the rumour. and then by the king's presence in person, was divided in mind, and doubted whether he should march against him or prolong the war by delay. |
let me illustrate. there is a true judgement concerning that which is good, that it is good; another, a false judgement, that it is not good; and a third, which is distinct, that it is bad. which of these two is contrary to the true? |
(stanza i.) flinging a stone into the cup was the signal for "to horse!" in the desert. |
one hundred forty one there, they rise above the free-born, and even the nobles: in the rest, the subordinate condition of the freedmen is a proof of freedom. |
two, he must be thought to have spoken neither correctly nor altogether plausibly. and in general, change of quality is necessarily done away with for those who speak thus, for on their view cold will not come from hot nor hot from cold. |
with regard to such animals as have really more strength than man has adroitness, he is in the same situation as all weaker animals, which notwithstanding are still able to subsist; except indeed that he has the advantage that, being equally swift of |
and king philip, to the same purpose, told his son alexander, who once at a merry-meeting played a piece of music charmingly and skillfully, "are you not ashamed, son, to play so well?" |
and of names universall, some are of more, and some of lesse extent; the larger comprehending the lesse large: and some again of equall extent, comprehending each other reciprocally. |
consequently when in the use of appearances you are conformable to nature, then be elated, for then you will be elated at something good which is your own. |
eadem ratio est habenda vestitus, in quo, sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est. |
and this happened, as most of the hellenes report, because he persuaded the pythian prophetess to advise that which was done about demaratos; but as the athenians alone report, it was because when he invaded eleusis he laid waste the sacred enclosure of |
laws must be sufficient to determine the will as will, even before i ask whether i have power sufficient for a desired effect, or the means necessary to produce it; hence they are categorical: otherwise they are not laws at all, because the necessity is |
attributes as inhering in their subjects, but not in virtue of the subjects' substance and essential nature possesses opinion and not genuine knowledge; and his opinion, if obtained through immediate premisses, will be both of the fact and of the reasoned |
this natural motion, and maintain an appearance of liberty and licence, so equal and inflexible, through so many various and crooked paths, and that all their wit and endeavour could never have led them through. |
fifty one. the fourth manner of reprehension was stated to be that by which, in opposition to a solid argumentation, one equally, or still more solid, has been advanced. |
he said, and first his brows with myrtle bound. then helymus, by his example led, and old acestes, each adorn'd his head; thus young ascanius, with a sprightly grace, his temples tied, and all the trojan race. |
sanjaya. hearing mighty keshav's word, tremblingly that helmed lord clasped his lifted palms, and--praying grace of krishna--stood there, saying, with bowed brow and accents broken, these words, timorously spoken: |
such were the words of the plataeans. the thebans, afraid that the lacedaemonians might be moved by what they had heard, came forward and said that they too desired to address them, since the plataeans had, against their wish, been allowed to speak at |
presumed to be the evident proofs of other things, are thought not to need any other proof themselves. |
after socrates has given this specimen of the true nature of teaching, the original question of the teachableness of virtue is renewed. again he professes a desire to know 'what virtue is' first. |
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