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... cum istis vera CICERO . Tusculanae Disputationes , I. , 17 , 39 . " In very truth I would rather be wrong with Plato than right with such men as these . ' 46 ( Et ) Errat longe , mea quidem sententia 56 EMENDATIO PARS - ERRARE MEHERCULE .
... cum istis vera CICERO . Tusculanae Disputationes , I. , 17 , 39 . " In very truth I would rather be wrong with Plato than right with such men as these . ' 46 ( Et ) Errat longe , mea quidem sententia 56 EMENDATIO PARS - ERRARE MEHERCULE .
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... Plato may suggest the thought . " - ( Conington . ) " ( Contra jussa monent Heleni , ) Scyllam atque Charybdim Inter , utramque viam leti discrimine parvo , Ni teneant cursus . ' " " VIRGIL . Eneid , III . , 684 . " Helenus the seer ...
... Plato may suggest the thought . " - ( Conington . ) " ( Contra jussa monent Heleni , ) Scyllam atque Charybdim Inter , utramque viam leti discrimine parvo , Ni teneant cursus . ' " " VIRGIL . Eneid , III . , 684 . " Helenus the seer ...
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... PLATO . ( Stobaeus , Florilegium , XXXVI . , 22. ) 66 Do you not know that the measure of the speech is with the listener , not with the speaker ? ” “ Αγροικός εἰμι τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγων . ” ANONYMOUS . ( Meineke , Fragmenta Comicorum ...
... PLATO . ( Stobaeus , Florilegium , XXXVI . , 22. ) 66 Do you not know that the measure of the speech is with the listener , not with the speaker ? ” “ Αγροικός εἰμι τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγων . ” ANONYMOUS . ( Meineke , Fragmenta Comicorum ...
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... PLATO . Leges , VIII . , 12. ( Stephens , p . 846 , D . ) — ( The Athenian . ) ' Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly . " - ( Jowett . ) « Αδύνατον ἕνα πολλὰς καλῶς ἐργάζεσθαι τέχνας . ” PLATO ...
... PLATO . Leges , VIII . , 12. ( Stephens , p . 846 , D . ) — ( The Athenian . ) ' Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly . " - ( Jowett . ) « Αδύνατον ἕνα πολλὰς καλῶς ἐργάζεσθαι τέχνας . ” PLATO ...
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... PLATO . Leges , V. , 3. ( Stephens , p . 730 , B . ) - ( The Athenian . ) " Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods , and of every good to man . " - ( Jowett . ) “ Αληθὲς εἶναι δεῖ τὸ σεμνὸν , οὐ κενόν . ” MENANDER . Fabulae ...
... PLATO . Leges , V. , 3. ( Stephens , p . 730 , B . ) - ( The Athenian . ) " Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods , and of every good to man . " - ( Jowett . ) “ Αληθὲς εἶναι δεῖ τὸ σεμνὸν , οὐ κενόν . ” MENANDER . Fabulae ...
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