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shortly after the death of sylla, his prophetic words were fulfilled; and lepidus proposing to be the successor to all his power and authority, without any ambiguities or pretences, immediately appeared in arms, rousing once more and gathering about him |
thirty seven. "what? does not that mean in popular language: god is disproved, but not the devil?"--on the contrary! on the contrary, my friends! and who the devil also compels you to speak popularly! |
and from all hills there re-echoed: 'all is empty, all is alike, all hath been!' |
cracking lice, feigned a tale of which, in truth, we every day see a manifest image in the obstinacy of women. and obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigour and stability. |
these few words of jouy, sans les femmes le commencement de notre vie seroit prive de secours, le milieu de plaisirs et la fin de consolation , more exactly express, in my opinion, the true praise of woman than schiller's poem, wurde der frauen , which is |
and is not this a direct repugnancy, and altogether inconceivable? |
for constructive purposes, on the other hand, see whether he has rendered the property of a kind that is not obvious to sensation, or, if it be sensible, must clearly belong of necessity: for then the property will in this respect have been correctly |
two hundred sixty two. a species originates, and a type becomes established and strong in the long struggle with essentially constant unfavourable conditions. |
ea cum tempore commutantur, commutatur officium et non semper est idem. thirty two potest enim accidere promissum aliquod et conventum, ut id effici sit inutile vel ei, cui promissum sit, vel ei, qui promiserit. e.g. eur. hipp. |
on the other, whatever the confidence you derive from refusing to receive us, your weakness will have no terrors for a strong enemy. |
five. the first of his works that he ever read in public was the treatise on the gods, the beginning of which we have quoted above, and he read this at athens in the house of euripides, or, as some say, in that of megaclides; others say that he read it in |
purpose; and cebes and many others are prepared to spend their money in helping you to escape. |
are, and with the persons of the men lose the benefit of the story. |
i answer that, in the first place, we often become angry before making this distinction clear in our minds, and secondly, perhaps even the makers might put forward some reasonable excuses: one of them, it may be, could not make them any better than he |
pertinently to dart my language where i think it will deepest wound, for i commonly make use of no other weapon than my tongue. |
athenian: then now, my friend, let us observe what will happen in the constitution of out intended state. |
the sabines adopted the roman months, of which whatever is remarkable is mentioned in the life of numa. |
our speaking has its failings and defects, as well as all the rest. |
athenian: but then if we admit suffering to be just and yet dishonourable, and the term 'dishonourable' is applied to justice, will not the just and the honourable disagree? |
now death, it is not only a work of nature, but also conducing to nature. |
these transcendental humours affright me, like high and inaccessible places; and nothing is hard for me to digest in the life of socrates but his ecstasies and communication with demons; nothing so human in plato as that for which they say he was called |
the monarchical constitution is therefore the constitution of developed reason: all other constitutions belong to lower grades of the development and realisation of reason. |
i commend also standing commissions; as for trade, for treasure, for war, for suits, for some provinces; for where there be divers particular counsels, and but one counsel of estate (as it is in spain), they are, in effect, no more than standing |
the atheist indeed will want the colour of an empty name to support his impiety; and the philosophers may possibly find they have lost a great handle for trifling and disputation. |
they were no sooner in the city, but he perceived the selymbrians all armed, coming down upon him; so that there was no hope of escaping if he stayed to receive them; and, on the other hand, having been always successful till that day, wherever he |
there is some other principle which determines him to form such a conclusion. |
some that have spoken, or the whole assembly, by contradiction; or for feare of appearing duller in apprehension, than those that have applauded the contrary opinion. |
present guardians of the sciences as visionary superstitions. yet science in these regions has no reason to be dogmatic; her function hitherto can only be critical; and even for that, her data are scanty and her principles extremely general. |
you yourself only know if you are cowardly and cruel, loyal and devout: others see you not, and only guess at you by uncertain conjectures, and do not so much see your nature as your art; rely not therefore upon their opinions, but stick to your own: |
animal to some white things and to every raven, though white belongs to no raven. if then it is assumed that a belongs to no b, but to the whole of one hundred, the premiss ab is partially false, the premiss ac wholly true, and the conclusion true. |
understanding, that make no account either of grammar or poetry, and only busy themselves in studying the genealogies and successions of their kings, the foundations, rises, and declensions of states, and such tales of a tub!" |
bring him to rome (for, being a grecian, he could not be compelled); he wrote also to cicero, begging him by no means to omit being present at the shows. |
meanwhile the opposite bank, which was steep, was lined by the syracusans, who showered missiles down upon the athenians, most of them drinking greedily and heaped together in disorder in the hollow bed of the river. |
forgetting her sex and lifting up her voice in a tone of menace, till the emperor showed himself unmoved alike by entreaty and reproach. |
but now imagine further, that they descend into their old habitations;-in that underground dwelling they will not see as well as their fellows, and will not be able to compete with them in the measurement of the shadows on the wall; there will be many |
yes, but do not persons often err about good and evil: many who are not good seem to be so, and conversely? |
the wretched queen, pursued by cruel fate, begins at length the light of heav'n to hate, and loathes to live. then dire portents she sees, to hasten on the death her soul decrees: strange to relate! |
when the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse . |
convenient, continued ravaging the country for about seven days. |
when i subsume under a pure practical law an action possible to me in the world of sense, i am not concerned with the possibility of the action as an event in the world of sense. |
uperesia for uperetai, phugai for phugades, mechanai in the sense of 'contrivers,' douleia for douloi, basileiai for basileis, mainomena kedeumata for ganaika mainomenen; e chreia ton paidon in the sense of 'indigent children,' and paidon ikanotes; to |
socrates: he would seem as if he did not know the nature of health and bodily vigour; and if we are right, polus, in our previous conclusions, they are in a like case who strive to evade justice, which they see to be painful, but are blind to the |
forty eight. an axiom, is that thing which is true, or false, or perfect in itself, being asserted, or denied positively, as far as depends upon itself; as chrysippus explains it in his dialectic definitions; as for instance, "it is day," "dion is |
he distinguishes in it the irrational part which is diffused over the whole body, from the rational part which has its seat in the chest, as is proved by the emotions of fear and joy. |
go back to first principles;' or the pithy saying, 'many a victory has been and will be suicidal to the victors, but education is never suicidal;' or the fine expression that 'the walls of a city should be allowed to sleep in the earth, and that we should |
"thus, then, did we wait in great fear of mind till morning came, but when the child of morning, rosy-fingered dawn, appeared, the male sheep hurried out to feed, while the ewes remained bleating about the pens waiting to be milked, for their udders were |
assisting him to seize on the office of pontifex maximus, which was vacant by caesar's death. |
besides this, our navy gave them some apprehension: it was always possible that it might unite with you or with some other power, and become dangerous to athens. |
the will). when once this is done, then reality is given to the conception of the object of a will morally determined (the conception of the summum bonum), and with it to the conditions of its possibility, the ideas of god, freedom, and immortality, but |
and therefore, let no one frighten or flutter us by saying that the temperate friend is to be chosen rather than the inspired, but let him further show that love is not sent by the gods for any good to lover or beloved; if he can do so we will allow him |
but if all are alike both wrong and right, one who is in this condition will not be able either to speak or to say anything intelligible; for he says at the same time both 'yes' and 'no.' |
well now, prodigality exceeds in giving and forbearing to receive and is deficient in receiving, while stinginess is deficient in giving and exceeds in receiving, but it is in small things. |
neither is it enough, to consult concerning persons secundum genera, as in an idea, or mathematical description, what the kind and character of the person should be; for the greatest errors are committed, and the most judgment is shown, in the choice of |
carefully attended to, would possibly have prevented a great deal of that confusion which often occurs about this matter, with no small seeming difficulties, especially concerning personal identity, which therefore we shall in the next place a little |
besides what has been said, the questions of generation and instruction confront us with further paradoxes. |
on his return from rhodes he ruled the emperor's now heirless house for twelve years, and the roman world, with absolute sway, for about twenty-three. his character too had its distinct periods. |
twelve. existence of general ideas admitted.--by observing how ideas become general we may the better judge how words are made so. |
what proceeds from aversion, they define thus: a vehement idea of something to be avoided, deeply implanted, and inherent in our minds, when there is no reason for avoiding it; and this kind of opinion is a deliberate belief that one understands things of |
forty two. of the inequality amongst us. |
when a belongs to no b, suppose a belongs to some b, and let it have been assumed that one hundred belongs to all b. then it is necessary that a should belong to some one hundred. |
nine. (four) if it is possible to make an assault with fire from without, do not wait for it to break out within, but deliver your attack at a favourable moment. |
"the sires of these huge animals were wont the carthaginian hannibal to mount; our leaders also did these beasts bestride, and mounted thus pyrrhus his foes defied; nay, more, upon their backs they used to bear castles with armed cohorts to the war." |
nay, i thought you would not enter upon that of which the least diminution causes pain. live, then, as has been agreed on. you say, "no one has asked my opinion." |
with all the helps which written monuments afford, we do but faintly realize the condition of man two thousand or three thousand years ago. |
megillus: your words, athenian, are quite true, and worthy of yourself and of your country. |
besides, they often weaken the power of our understanding to apprehend rules or laws in their universality, independently of particular circumstances of experience; and hence, accustom us to employ them more as formulae than as principles. |
hobbes, whose whole aim is to make his government sovereign, can only do this by leaving the government outside the contract: he thus avoids the necessity of submitting it to any obligation whatsoever, and leaves it absolute and irresponsible. |
we will assign a reason for this when we come to treat of the alterations which different states are likely to undergo. |
in macedon, the life of a man was a matter of such importance, that alexander the great, at the height of his glory, would not have dared to put a macedonian criminal to death in cold blood, till the accused had appeared to make his defence before his |
i disengage myself throughout from all worldly relations; my leave is soon taken of all but myself. |
and it is a useless act to throw money into the sea; but not with the design which aristippus had when he did so." |
food they had, but not as yet the art of government, of which the art of war is a part. |
the easiest thing of all to establish is an accidental predicate: for in other cases one has to show not only that the predicate belongs, but also that it belongs in such and such a particular way: whereas in the case of the accident it is enough to show |
hiding-place, as if there were any place whither fortune could not pursue him, but let him be more sparing in his acceptance of public office, and after due deliberation discover some means by which he can be of use to the state. |
he protested too that cornutus was innocent and that his terror was groundless, as would easily be perceived, if other names were given up; for he never would have plotted the emperor's murder and a revolution with only one confederate. |
after this he was dragged forcibly from the temple of athene poliuchos by the chians and delivered up: and the chians delivered him up receiving atarneus in , (now this atarneus is a region of mysia one hundred sixty two opposition lesbos). |
loss of their patrimony. then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the goods of others, whereas causes for taking life are rarer and more quickly destroyed. |
the news was not true, but marcus thought the lie might avert him from his performance; but it argues him a man of wonderful self-possession, whether he at once saw through the cheat, or, believing it as true, showed no discomposure. |
it ( two). even supposing you produce synthetical judgments (such as the law of sufficient reason, which you have never proved, as you ought to, from pure reason a priori, though we gladly concede its truth), you lapse when they come to be employed for |
another's board, like a dog watching his master's hand. in answer to my petition, he gave me thirty four the men and the horses which you will see at break of day, and nowadays i live with these, pillaging my own ancestral land. |
in their relations to one another and to it, the rule of what is just or unjust: a truth which shows, by the way, how idly some writers have treated as theft the subtlety prescribed to children at sparta for obtaining their frugal repasts, as if |
outside. the plataeans, seeing their enemies in a trap, now consulted whether they should set fire to the building and burn them just as they were, or whether there was anything else that they could do with them; until at length these and the rest of the |
enough of the art of speaking; let us now proceed to consider the true use of writing. |
moreover, achilles, the son of lovely thetis, is not fighting, but is nursing his anger at the ships." |
mother in and with his country; since both his mother and his wife were part and parcel of that endangered country. |
cicero says that if his life were extended to twice its length, he should not have time to read the lyric poets. |
the dirae souse from heav'n with swift descent; and discord, dyed in blood, with garments rent, divides the prease: her steps bellona treads, and shakes her iron rod above their heads. |
some one else) and the point which made it the one or the other. for this is what gives one ability, and the whole object of training is to acquire ability, especially in regard to propositions and objections. |
affairs; and plato, as we said before, rebuked him, and wrote to tell him that self-will keeps house with solitude. |
changed--in the granting of suits a rational legislation ought to do away with the oaths of the parties on either side--he who obtains leave to bring an action should write down the charges, but should not add an oath; and the defendant in like manner |
now 'unity' has just as many meanings as 'being'; so that since in the sphere of qualities the one is something definite-some particular kind of thing-and similarly in the sphere of quantities, clearly we must in every category ask what the one is, as we |
john saith not, the wrath of god shall "come" upon them, but "the wrath of god remaineth upon them;" and not that they shall be condemned; but that "they are condemned already."(john three.thirty six, three.eighteen) nor can it be conceived, that the |
and they who wonder, exclaim, and keep such a clutter to find out the causes of this frailty of theirs, as unnatural and not to be believed, how comes it to pass they do not discern how often they are themselves guilty of the same, without any |
thus i perceived that doubt, inconstancy, sadness, and such like, could not be found in god, since i myself would have been happy to be free from them. |
on this ulysses began to move off, and said, "your looks, my fine sir, are better than your breeding; if you were in your own house you would not spare a poor man so much as a pinch of salt, for though you are in another man's, and surrounded with |
actual. in such cases, both the positive and the negative propositions will be true; for that which is capable of walking or of being seen has also a potentiality in the opposite direction. |
cleinias: what do you mean, my good sir? in the process of gestation? |
otherwise, he will be liable to misjudge the position as a whole, and give wrong orders. |
therefore, my son, i will not stay here without you-no, not though heaven itself vouchsafe to strip my years from off me, and make me young as i was when i first left hellas the land of fair women. |
athenian: the view which identifies the pleasant and the pleasant and the just and the good and the noble has an excellent moral and religious tendency. |
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