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drachmas; or if he be of the fourth class, by a fine of twenty drachmas; and the generals and taxiarchs and phylarchs and hipparchs shall form the court in such cases. |
but the more famous of the legendary stories everybody (as i may say) has in his mouth. in paeon, however, the amathusian, there is a story given, differing from the rest. |
the analytic of pure theoretic reason had to do with the knowledge of such objects as may have been given to the understanding, and was obliged therefore to begin from intuition and consequently (as this is always sensible) from sensibility; and only |
first he defeated these persians in battle, and shut them up within the walls of their town. |
having spoken to them thus, he next commanded to prepare everything and to set all in order, since at dawn of the next day a battle would be fought. |
but you practise in order to be able to prove-what? you practise that you may not be tossed as on the sea through sophisms, and tossed about from what? |
we cannot understand how plato's legislators or guardians are to be fitted for their work of statesmen by the study of the five mathematical sciences. we vainly search in plato's own writings for any explanation of this seeming absurdity. |
as many as were not killed on the spot took refuge in the citadel, which they had held from the first; and the whole, athenian army, nicias having by this time returned and being close to the city, now burst into mende, which had opened its gates without |
the nobles then prudently resolved to establish an interregnum--a new political form, unknown to other nations. |
as soon as they came to close quarters with the enemy, the mantinean right broke their sciritae and brasideans, and, bursting in with their allies and the thousand picked argives into the unclosed breach in their line, cut up and surrounded the |
the greatest man, that was no more than a man, alexander, died also at the same age. how many several ways has death to surprise us? |
away and leave the plain of truth. but if the soul has followed in the train of her god and once beheld truth she is preserved from harm, and is carried round in the next revolution of the spheres; and if always following, and always seeing the truth, is |
the thracians, scythians, and in general the northern nations; and the same may be said of the love of knowledge, which is the special characteristic of our part of the world, or of the love of money, which may, with equal truth, be attributed to the |
see how the greatest of bards cries to you and sings in wholesome verse as though inspired with celestial fire:- |
maxime autem et gloria paritur et gratia defensionibus, eoque maior, si quando accidit, ut ei subveniatur, qui potentis alicuius opibus circumveniri urguerique videatur, ut nos et saepe alias et adulescentes contra fifty. sullae dominantis opes pro sex. |
he that at first put together the idea of danger perceived, absence of disorder from fear, sedate consideration of what was justly to be done, and executing that without disturbance, or being deterred by the danger of it, had certainly in his mind that |
theaetetus: but if you avoid these expressions, socrates, how will you ever argue at all? |
this class of objects has no simple common name, but instances of it are fungi, flesh, heads, scales, and eyes of fish. in none of these is what is seen their own proper' colour. why we see these at all is another question. |
in may and june come pinks of all sorts, specially the blushpink; roses of all kinds, except the musk, which comes later; honeysuckles; strawberries; bugloss; columbine; the french marigold, flos africanus; cherry-tree in fruit; ribes; figs in fruit; |
traitor than he does, against whom you are so: for he tries the malignity of your disposition by your own hands, where he cannot possibly be deceived, you having no object of preceding hatred to move you to such an act; but he employs you as they do |
king, which was eleven thousand and odd years since (and they showed him the effigies of all their kings in statues taken from the life), the sun had four times altered his course; that the sea and the earth did alternately change into one another; that |
the essential and distinguishing feature of pure mathematical cognition among all other a priori cognitions is, that it cannot at all proceed from concepts, but only by means of the construction of concepts (see critique two., method of transcendentalism, |
every one that looks towards infinity does, as i have said, at first glance make some very large idea of that which he applies it to, let it be space or duration; and possibly he wearies his thoughts, by multiplying in his mind that first large idea: but |
covetousnesse-- desire of riches, covetousnesse: a name used alwayes in signification of blame; because men contending for them, are displeased with one anothers attaining them; though the desire in it selfe, be to be blamed, or allowed, according to the |
it did not simply flutter like a butterfly, nor soar like the larger hawks, but it sported with proud reliance in the fields of air; mounting again and again with its strange chuckle, it repeated its free and beautiful fall, turning over and over like a |
again, when two things each surpass a third, that which does so by the greater amount is the greater of the two; for it must surpass the greater as well as the less of the other two. |
seventeen diekosioisi : so the best authorities; others have priekosioisi . |
also, it seemeth hard, to say, that god who is the father of mercies, that doth in heaven and earth all that hee will; that hath the hearts of all men in his disposing; that worketh in men both to doe, and to will; and without whose free gift a man hath |
sect. seventy eight. conjugal society is made by a voluntary compact between man and woman; and tho' it consist chiefly in such a communion and right in one another's bodies as is necessary to its chief end, procreation; yet it draws with it mutual |
sixty one pausanias then, calling him a madman and one who was not in his right senses, bade tell the state of their affairs to the athenian herald, sixty two who was asking that which he had been charged to ask; and at the same time he requested the |
where, by the by, it may perhaps be of some use to remark, that the chief, if not only spur to human industry and action is uneasiness. |
a seventh is, " that in revenges, (that is, retribution of evil for evil,) men look not at the greatnesse of the evill past, but the greatnesse of the good to follow." |
cato, at first, had not many that appeared for him; but as soon as his design was known, all the good and distinguished persons of the city quickly came forward to encourage and support him, looking upon him, not as one that desired a favor of them, but |
however, scientific statement cannot take in such considerations; a pleurisy, for instance, is called a greater physical evil than a bruise: and yet this last may be the greater accidentally; it may chance that a bruise received in a fall may cause one to |
this may be answered by pointing out that, if reason persuaded him to act thus, it would persuade all men to act in a similar manner, in which case reason would persuade men not to agree in good faith to unite their forces, or to have laws in common, that |
are daughters indeed, but illegitimate. we are sure to have the vices of appearance, when we shall have had those of essence: when we have done with these, we run full drive upon the others, if we find it must be so; for there is danger that we shall |
latter has many as compared with the rich man who is not happy. |
this was thought equivalent to a hint from the emperor, because of the known intimacy between augusta and urgulania. the accused tried the steel in vain, and then allowed his veins to be opened. |
of cries. but, whereas the animals have no perception of order or disorder in their movements, that is, of rhythm or harmony, as they are called, to us, the gods, who, as we say, have been appointed to be our companions in the dance, have given the |
we may judge of that. we may also say that the elephants have some participation of religion forasmuch as after several washings and purifications they are observed to lift up their trunk like arms, and, fixing their eyes towards the rising of the sun, |
scipio. do you think that knowledge only fit for a steward? |
hold of the reins and the horses were mad with fear. the son of atreus sprang upon them like a lion, and the pair besought him from their chariot. "take us alive," they cried, "son of atreus, and you shall receive a great ransom for us. |
he also tells us that epicurus would not allow his followers to throw their property into a common stock, as pythagoras did, who said that the possessions of friends were held in common. |
it was agreed that drinking was not to be the order of the day, but that they were all to drink only so much as they pleased. |
others in respect of complete reality, e.g. |
and this may be said of the arts of the sailor, and the pilot, and the physician, and the general, and may seem to be well said; and yet there is another thing which may be said with equal truth of all of them. |
to eat their fill, and i was afraid that in such a great gathering of men they might be ill-fed, so i left them at home and came on foot to ilius armed only with my bow and arrows. |
it is literally sanity of soul, integrity and purity of spirit; it is what has been sometimes called the beautiful soul-the indiscerptible unity of reason and impulse. |
the attempt ever relishes of the quality of the thing to which it is directed, for it is a good part of, and consubstantial with, the effect. |
and that all the kinds are multiplied in some number; by which it seems not to be likely that god should have made this work only without a companion; and that the matter of this form should have been totally drained in this individual. |
pontanus and others report the like metamorphosis to have happened in these latter days in italy. and, through the vehement desire of him and his mother: |
hath there ever been anything filthier on earth than the saints of the wilderness? around them was not only the devil loose-but also the swine. |
saturnian juno now, with double care, attends the fatal process of the war. the clowns, return'd, from battle bear the slain, implore the gods, and to their king complain. |
true, you were not born to be an archer, but there are others who will soon string it." |
god is a conjecture: but who could drink all the bitterness of this conjecture without dying? shall his faith be taken from the creating one, and from the eagle his flights into eagle-heights? |
after this resolution was passed, they proposed xenophon for election, and when it seemed quite evident that they would elect him, if he put the question to the vote, he got up and spoke as follows:-- |
for surena had hid his main force behind the first ranks, and ordered them to hide the glittering of their armor with coats and skins. |
but nobody else should meddle with anything of the kind; and although the rulers have this privilege, for a private man to lie to them in return is to be deemed a more heinous fault than for the patient or the pupil of a gymnasium not to speak the truth |
we see also that kings that have been fortunate conquerors, in their first years, it being not possible for them to go forward infinitely, but that they must have some check, or arrest in their fortunes, turn in their latter years to be superstitious, and |
first he put on the goodly greaves fitted with ancle-clasps, and next he did on the breastplate about his chest. |
sometimes, having had a surfeit of human society and gossip, and worn out all my village friends, i rambled still farther westward than i habitually dwell, into yet more unfrequented parts of the town, "to fresh woods and pastures new," or, while the sun |
moreover, if it is equally probable that every compound is a composition or else that none is, and every kind of living creature, though a compound, is never a composition, then no other compound could be a composition either. |
and therefore here the rule fails, "neminem id agere ut ex alte rius praedetur inscitia."-- "no one should preys upon another's folly."--cicero, de offic., iii. seventeen. |
a stranger having publicly said, that he could teach dionysius, the tyrant of syracuse, an infallible way to find out and discover all the conspiracies his subjects could contrive against him, if he would give him a good sum of money for his pains, |
their time was partly taken up with gymnastic exercises; there could have been little family or private life among them. |
field where the green berries deepened their tints by the time i had made another bout. |
fifteen. who then are the veterans whom we are to be fearful of offending? those who are desirous to deliver decimus brutus from siege? for how can those men, to whom the safety of brutus is dear, hate the name of cassius? |
as to what concerns the actions of life, they are in this of the common fashion. |
those worthy people stood in need of no subtlety to disguise their meaning; their language is downright, and full of natural and continued vigour; they are all epigram; not only the tail, but the head, body, and feet. |
agamemnon led them on, and slew first bienor, a leader of his people, and afterwards his comrade and charioteer oileus, who sprang from his chariot and was coming full towards him; but agamemnon struck him on the forehead with his spear; his bronze visor |
they can be put to any use that their sovereign may desire; bid them go through fire and water, and they will not disobey." |
should be too strong for them; if with their foot, his own would come up time enough to his assistance. |
but though i feel the weight cicero's authority must carry on such a point, i cannot agree with him; i hold, on the contrary, that, for want of enough such changes, the destruction of the state must be hastened. |
such a tutor will make a pupil digest this new lesson, that the height and value of true virtue consists in the facility, utility, and pleasure of its exercise; so far from difficulty, that boys, as well as men, and the innocent as well as the subtle, may |
others were legislators, some in their own cities, others were employed in regulating the governments of foreign states. some of them only composed a body of laws; others formed the constitution also, as lycurgus; and solon, who did both. |
ptolemy bade demetrius sail off before the whole armament came up, if he did not wish to be trampled under foot; and demetrius offered to let him retire, on condition of his withdrawing his garrisons from sicyon and corinth. |
(three) in the form and rhythm of the sentences; (four) in the use of words. |
been set; for they had no fear that it would ever be taken from that side, seeing that here the citadel is precipitous and unassailable. |
i say peaceful, because i shall have occasion in another place to speak of conquest, which some esteem a way of beginning of governments. |
he often expressed his surprise at slaves, who, seeing their masters eating in a gluttonous manner, still do not themselves lay hands on any of the eatables. |
in the republic, socrates has definitely settled in all a few questions only; such as the community of women and children, the community of property, and the constitution of the state. |
in itself an argument is liable to five kinds of adverse criticism: |
with grief; but they so respected his other virtues and good qualities, that they felt it reasonable in some things to gratify his fancies and his passion of glory, in pursuit of which he hazarded himself so far, that, besides his other adventures, he had |
the author of the essays was now fifty-five. the malady which tormented him grew only worse and worse with years; and yet he occupied himself continually with reading, meditating, and composition. |
then telemachus said, "mother, i am the only man either in ithaca or in the islands that are over against elis who has the right to let any one have the bow or to refuse it. |
blow to be excluded from office and public debating, to learn to stay at home, and be content to till their land. |
prop. fifty one. approval is not repugnant to reason, but can agree therewith and arise therefrom. |
then nisus thus: "or do the gods inspire this warmth, or make we gods of our desire? a gen'rous ardour boils within my breast, eager of action, enemy to rest: this urges me to fight, and fires my mind to leave a memorable name behind. |
note i.--as finite existence involves a partial negation, and infinite existence is the absolute affirmation of the given nature, it follows (solely from prop. vii.) that every substance is necessarily infinite. |
not permitted to make the attempt and to ask the question whether this which is "given" does not suffice, by means of our counterparts, for the understanding even of the so-called mechanical (or "material") world? |
it is confessed, on all hands, that the spartans dealt with them very hardly; for it was a common thing to force them to drink to excess, and to lead them in that condition into their public halls, that the children might see what a sight a drunken man |
fourteen. on hemmed-in ground, resort to stratagem. |
one am on the alert for the first signs of spring, to hear the chance note of some arriving bird, or the striped squirrel's chirp, for his stores must be now nearly exhausted, or see the woodchuck venture out of his winter quarters. |
"does not all the world dance the same brawl that you do? is there anything that does not grow old, as well as you? a thousand men, a thousand animals, a thousand other creatures, die at the same moment that you die: |
have virtues, have those only which have come to agreement with our most secret and heartfelt inclinations, with our most ardent requirements: well, then, let us look for them in our labyrinths!--where, as we know, so many things lose themselves, so many |
no, if they meant anything honest let them say it out before all. |
the ancient governments were properly oligarchies or kingdoms; for on account of the few persons in each state, it would have been impossible to have found a sufficient number of the middle rank; so these being but few, and those used to subordination, |
and so abundance of words, in ordinary speech, stand only for relations (and perhaps the greatest part) which at first sight seem to have no such signification: v.g. the ship has necessary stores. |
fifty. sylla, when he commanded rome, raised pompey (after surnamed the great) to that height, that pompey vaunted himself for sylla's overmatch. |
eight. influence of association to be watched educating young children. |
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