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socrates: as, for example, in the case of the sun, i think that you would be contented with the statement that the sun is the brightest of the heavenly bodies which revolve about the earth. |
john eliot, the indian apostle, drank water, and said of wine,-"it is a noble, generous liquor and we should be humbly thankful for it, but, as i remember, water was made before it." |
does it think? they who make the soul a thinking thing, at this rate, will not make it a much more noble being than those do whom they condemn, for allowing it to be nothing but the subtilist parts of matter. |
popilius came to him from the senate, and at their first meeting refused to take him by the hand, till he had first read his letters, which after the king had read, and told him he would consider of them, popilius made a circle about him with his cane, |
now as this determination has exactly the same effect within in impelling to activity, that a feeling of the pleasure to be expected from the desired action would have had, we easily look on what we ourselves do as something which we merely passively |
having conquered this city, when he was informed that daurises had left the hellespont and was marching towards caria, he left the propontis and led his army to the hellespont: and he conquered all the aiolians who occupy the district of ilion, and also |
they may be the happiest of men, but our principal aim in founding the state was not to make them happy. they were to be guardians, not holiday-makers. |
unequal subjection of the rest. whatsoever cannot but be acknowledged to be of advantage to the society, and people in general, upon just and lasting measures, will always, when done, justify itself; and whenever the people shall chuse their |
i think that curius dentatus spoke truly when he said that he would rather be dead than alive: the worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies: yet it is your duty, if you happen to live in an age when it is not easy to serve the |
and there is no reason to despair of equal success in our enquiries concerning the mental powers and economy, if prosecuted with equal capacity and caution. |
also the fact of the earth throwing a conical shadow, proves that the sun is greater than it, and the sun is seen in every part, because of its magnitude. but the moon is of a more earthy nature than the sun, inasmuch as it is nearer the earth. |
he will sin, and another will sin against him, and all his life he will wallow in wickedness. |
captain paulin and the baron de la garde? secondly, these are dashes of the pen common to a thousand people. how many are there, in every family, of the same name and surname? and how many more in several families, ages, and countries? |
'tis safer, then, to bear aloof to sea, and coast pachynus, tho' with more delay, than once to view misshapen scylla near, and the loud yell of wat'ry wolves to hear. |
"nihil est his, qui placere volunt, turn adversarium, quam expectatio." |
if this had been done upon mature consideration, and upon the account of religion, as the priests of cybele did, what should we say of so high an action? |
the patches of purple would be easily detected among his threadbare and tattered garments. he would rarely take the pains to put the same thought into other words. |
consequently, it is soon recognised that they write for the sake of filling up the paper, and this is the case sometimes with the best authors; for example, in parts of lessing's dramaturgie , and even in many of jean paul's romances. |
it is bad taste also to talk about oneself--especially if what one says is not true--and, amid the derision of one's hearers, to play "the braggart captain." ad |
investigation. demonstration proves the inherence of essential attributes in things. |
hellenes and to drive away the barbarian: and this he said was easy for them to do, for the ships of the enemy sailed badly and were no match for them in fight. |
with what sweet compulsion thus transported, to forget what hither brought us! hate, not love; nor hope of paradise for hell, hope here to taste of pleasure; but all pleasure to destroy, save what is in destroying; other joy to me is lost. |
'tis not a change from the present state, which perhaps corruption or decay has introduced, that makes an inroad upon the government, but the tendency of it to injure or oppress the people, and to set up one part or party, with a distinction from, and an |
i do not see why he should so positively apply them to a sharp remorse that tormented the conscience of tiberius; at least, when i was in the same condition, i perceived no such thing. |
even philo, who followed the academy, could not bear to hear the soft and luscious delights of the epicureans despised; for with his admirable memory he perfectly remembered and used to repeat many sentences of epicurus in the very words in which they |
i say that it is necessary that we should decree that there is sedition abroad, that we should suspend the regular courts of justice, order all men to wear the garb of war, and enlist men in all quarters, suspending all exemptions from military service in |
wherefore you not only ought not to fear anything from him, but you ought to expect greater and better things still. |
orsilochus, who durst not press too near strong remulus, at distance drove his spear, and stuck the steel beneath his horse's ear. |
not long afterwards, however, according to the way of the multitude, they again elected him general and committed all their affairs to his hands, having now become less sensitive to their private and domestic afflictions, and understanding that he was the |
retiring-room return: reaction return: wing running back rise: dignity round: straight save: account for scantling: measure seel: blind shrewd: mischievous sort: associate spial: spy staddle: sapling steal: do secretly stirp: family stond: stop, stand |
taken: but having profited nothing by these, their courage being greater than their torments, they arrived at last to such a degree of fury, as, contrary to their faith and the law of nations, to condemn the king himself, and one of the principal noblemen |
and in these foure things, opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion towards what men fear, and taking of things casuall for prognostiques, consisteth the naturall seed of religion; which by reason of the different fancies, judgements, and |
verily, he who here towered aloft his thoughts in stone, knew as well as the wisest ones about the secret of life! |
it was however wonderful how among people of different class, rank, age, sex, among rich and poor, everything was kept in secrecy till betrayal began from the house of scaevinus. |
figure, can never derive them from it. this observation on the nature of mathematics gives us a clue to the first and highest condition of its possibility, which is, that some non-sensuous visualisation (called pure intuition, or reine anschauung) must |
four. (those who) possessed the highest (sense of) propriety were (always seeking) to show it, and when men did not respond to it, they bared the arm and marched up to them. |
to illustrate formally: one hundred is the cause of b's inherence in five hundred; hence one hundred is the cause of a's inherence in five hundred, b of a's inherence in one hundred, while the cause of a's inherence in b is b itself. |
deaths became much more frequent. all speculation as to its origin and its causes, if causes can be found adequate to produce so great a disturbance, i leave to other writers, whether lay or professional; for myself, i shall simply set down its nature, |
the first part consists of one simile, or of several, the second, of that which we desire to have admitted, for the sake of which the similes have been employed, the third proceeds from the conclusion which either establishes the admissions which have |
the trojans and achaeans were glad when they heard this, for they thought that they should now have rest. |
for example let a be animal, b man, one hundred white, and let the premisses be assumed to correspond to what we had before: it is possible that animal should belong to nothing white. |
by far the warmest advocate of the expedition was, however, alcibiades, son of clinias, who wished to thwart nicias both as his political opponent and also because of the attack he had made upon him in his speech, and who was, besides, exceedingly |
quality than they already possess. and in this it is not likely that all are mistaken the conviction is rather to be held as testifying that the power of judging aright and of distinguishing truth from error, which is properly what is called good sense or |
they can by their own authority give judgement that the debt is due, which is as much as to be judge in their own cause. |
than was originally proposed: if, on the other hand, he grants it, he will be giving the original thesis credence on the strength of what is less credible than itself. |
with studious thought observ'd th' illustrious throng, in nature's order as they pass'd along: their names, their fates, their conduct, and their care, in peaceful senates and successful war. |
now therefore, if ye do as we say, ye will be without blame from his part and without blame also from ours: stay the appointed days and then after that get you away." |
condition than private men; forasmuch as the opportunities and facility they have of commanding those things at will takes off from the delight that ordinary folks enjoy: |
john apostles, and s. marke and s. luke disciples, and whosoever else wrote of that subject, (as s. thomas, and s. |
have no more wrong done you, than one should do in a battle, by running a man through whom i should see engaged with one of our own men, with the like advantage. |
is this excuse competent to acquit them of guilt? i cannot think so, although i loved the one while he lived, and do not hate the other now that he is dead. |
five hundred fifty four. the absolute mind, while it is self-centred identity , is always also identity returning and ever returned into itself: if it is the one and universal substance it is so as a spirit, discerning itself into a self and a |
turned beggars or highwaymen, and doomed to end their wretched lives either on a dunghill or on the gallows. |
division. from the kilikians, besides three hundred and sixty white horses, one for every day in the year, there came also five hundred talents of silver; of these one hundred and forty talents were spent upon the horsemen which served as a guard to the |
many began now to hope well of their affairs, supposing the city, by this means, would be delivered at once, both of its want and discord. |
he repined grievously, when he saw antiochus lay idle at chalcis, spending his time in unseasonable courtship and weddings, while his men lay dispersed in several towns, without order or commanders, and minding nothing but their pleasures. |
and in like manner if you want to hear me and protagoras discoursing, you must ask him to shorten his answers, and keep to the point, as he did at first; if not, how can there be any discussion? |
"things are like if, not being absolutely the same, nor without difference in respect of their concrete substance, they are the same in form; e.g. |
their side; in fine, such qualities are useless to an imperial city, though they may help a dependency to an unmolested servitude. |
eleventhly, by their daemonology, and the use of exorcisme, and other things appertaining thereto, they keep (or thinke they keep) the people more in awe of their power. |
about this same time mithridates, of whom i have before spoken as having ruled armenia, and having been imprisoned by order of caius caesar, made his way back to his kingdom at the suggestion of claudius and in reliance on the help of pharasmanes. |
dumb, and thus not less, but rather more than the brutes, destitute of the organs which others use in speaking, are in the habit of spontaneously inventing certain signs by which they discover their thoughts to those who, being usually in their company, |
vulgar vices seem to have no temptation for him; this is not one tied and bound with chains which he strives to break. the faults he detects in himself are often such as most men would have no eyes to see. |
"every spirit that confesseth not that jesus christ is come in the flesh, is not of god; and this is the spirit of antichrist." the other mark is expressed in the words of our saviour, (mat. |
my brave comrades were drowned every man of them, but i stuck to the keel and was carried hither and thither for the space of nine days, till at last during the darkness of the tenth night the gods brought me to the ogygian island where the great goddess |
the power of the legislative, being derived from the people by a positive voluntary grant and institution, can be no other than what that positive grant conveyed, which being only to make laws, and not to make legislators, the legislative can have no |
italy and sicily boast of charondas, and there is solon who is renowned among us; but what city has anything to say about you?' is there any city which he might name? |
otherwise, we must imagine that there is some cause superior to the deity, whether it be a nature inanimate, or a necessity agitated by a mighty force, that produces those beautiful works which we behold. |
they that are the first raisers of their houses, are most indulgent towards their children; beholding them as the continuance, not only of their kind, but of their work; and so both children and creatures. |
or gentle disposition, who treated the athenians that were made his prize in a proud and cruel manner. |
ones that actually exist in the state: all individuals who are united by a common interest compose as many others, either transitory or permanent, whose influence is none the less real because it is less apparent, and the proper observation of whose |
dionysius, therefore, came to hear of the war in sicily from other hands, and that a good while after. |
this mannerism was introduced by the pseudo-philosophers of the universities and may be discerned everywhere, even among the first literary notabilities of the age. |
moreover, suppose two things to be before you, see if the term to be defined applies more particularly to the one to which the content of the definition is less applicable. |
four. the falseness of an opinion is not for us any objection to it: it is here, perhaps, that our new language sounds most strangely. |
metellus seeing them fully bent to withstand him, and the people cowed, and inclining to the better side, sent to his house for armed men. |
and if we tell them, that unless they depart from their cunning, the place of innocence will not receive them after death; and that here on earth, they will live ever in the likeness of their own evil selves, and with evil friends--when they hear this |
there are others who love to converse with solitude itself when in grief, as the nurse in ennius, |
it is not the existence of god or the idea of good which he approaches in a tentative or hesitating manner, but the investigations of physiology. these he regards, not seriously, as a part of philosophy, but as an innocent recreation (tim.). |
"in solitude, be company for thyself."--tibullus, vi. thirteen. twelve. |
known generally. it is just the reverse if a man is wanting in these formal qualities, but has, on the other hand, knowledge of such a kind that it lends value to his conversation; this value, however, will then entirely rest on the matter of his |
renan's "marc-aurele"-in his "history of the origins of christianity," which appeared in one thousand eight hundred eighty two-is the most vital and original book to be had relating to the time of marcus aurelius. |
in little space he found his error of the double race; not, as before he deem'd, deriv'd from crete; no more deluded by the doubtful seat: then said: 'o son, turmoil'd in trojan fate! such things as these cassandra did relate. |
and therefore shall not moses, though of god highly beloved, being but the minister of law, his people into canaan lead; but joshua, whom the gentiles jesus call, his name and office bearing, who shall quell the adversary-serpent, and bring back through |
sixty os alla phroneonton kai alla legonton . |
and not as it would judge of itself, if its intuition were pure spontaneous activity, that is, were intellectual. the difficulty here lies wholly in the question: how can the subject have an internal intuition of itself? |
the participation we have in the knowledge of truth, such as it is, is not acquired by our own force: god has sufficiently given us to understand that, by the witnesses he has chosen out of the common people, simple and ignorant men, that he has been |
stabbing them with his own dagger. after this, nobody stuck to him but evander the cretan, archedemus the aetolian, and neon the boeotian. |
the other. quite the reverse; it is a constant marvel to me how contentedly they use it for either purpose. |
him and his martial train the triton bears; high on his poop the sea-green god appears: frowning he seems his crooked shell to sound, and at the blast the billows dance around. |
fathers shining in bright fables, his children fed at heavenly tables. |
ergo et promissa non facienda non numquam, neque semper deposita reddenda. si gladium quis apud te sana mente deposuerit, repetat insaniens, reddere peccatum sit, officium non reddere. quid? |
in the art of poetry, as we have already said, will be found definitions of these kinds of words; a classification of metaphors; and mention of the fact that metaphor is of great value both in poetry and in prose. |
some men are more inclined to particular disorders than others; and, therefore, we say that some people are rheumatic, others dropsical, not because they are so at present, but because they are often so: some are inclined to fear, others to some other |
--who could have found out a more subtle invention to secure his safety, than he did to assure his destruction? |
hire him to come from pylos and to cause their women to cease from the malady, proposed as payment for himself the half of the royal power; and the argives did not suffer this, but departed: and afterwards, when more of their women became mad, at length |
the betrothal by a father shall be valid in the first degree, that by a grandfather in the second degree, and in the third degree, betrothal by brothers who have the same father; but if there are none of these alive, the betrothal by a mother shall be |
my neighbors did not thus salute me, but first looked at me, and then at one another, as if i had returned from a long journey. i was put into jail as i was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. |
ejected him. all, therefore, that remained in syracuse, had to serve under a tyrant, who at the best was of an ungentle nature, and exasperated now to a degree of savageness by the late misfortunes and calamities he had suffered. |
"by all means," replied cato; and when they had gone one day's journey together, "now," said he to munatius, after they had supped, "that you may be sure to keep your promise to atilia, you must not leave me day nor night," and from that time, he ordered |
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