 | Epictetus - Conduct of life - 1768 - 334 pages
...F a Perfon could be perfuaded of this Priivciple as he ought, that we are all originally defcended from God, and that he is the Father of Gods and Men...never would think meanly or degenerately concerning himfelf. Suppofe Cesfar were to adopt you, there would be no bearing your haughty Looks : and will... | |
 | Epictetus - 1807 - 800 pages
...from the doctrine that God is the Father of Mankind, we may proceed to its consequences. §. 1 / JF a person could be persuaded of this principle as he...never would think meanly or degenerately concerning himseJjClJSuppose Caesar were to adopt you, there would be no bearing your haughty looks : and will... | |
 | Joseph-Marie baron de Gérando - Charity - 1832 - 260 pages
...man from his fellow man. "A man," said Epictetus, "who is as sensible as he should be that we are all descended from God, and that he is the Father of gods and men, would never think merely of himself." This is one of many sentiments of this great heathen moralist,... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - Bible - 1863 - 726 pages
...is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own ? " If a person could be persuaded of this principle as...from God, and that he is the father of gods and men, he would never think meanly or degenerately concerning himself."—EPICT. 1.1. c. 3, 1 CORINTHIANS... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - Bible - 1863 - 888 pages
...the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own ? " If a person conld be persuaded of this principle as he ought, that we...from God, and that he is the father of gods and men, he would never think meanly or degenerately concerning himself." — EPICT. 1. I. c. 3. 1 CORINTHIANS... | |
 | Epictetus - Ethics - 1865 - 468 pages
...III. HOW, PROM THE DOCTRINE THAT GOD IS THE PATHER OP MANKIND, WE MAY PROCEED TO ITS CONSEQUENCES. IF a person could be persuaded of this principle as...originally descended from God, and that he is the father of men and gods ; I conceive he never would think of himself meanly or ignobly. Suppose Csesar were to... | |
 | Epictetus - 1877 - 174 pages
...effort, from a despair of arriving any effoi at the highest. CHAPTER III. (3.) OF OUR DESCENT FROM GOD. IF a person could be persuaded of this principle as...originally descended from God, and that he is the father of men and gods; I conceive he would never think of himself meanly or ignobly. Suppose Caesar were to... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - Bible - 1878 - 440 pages
...OTt той Atas uiôs бГ, OÙK етгарв^т} ; If any one could be affected with this opinion as he ought, that we are all originally descended from God, and that God is both the father of men and of gods, he would not, I suppose, conceive ignoble or mean thoughts... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - Bible - 1878 - 444 pages
...OTÍ TOV Atas vías el, OVK етга,рвг}<гг) ; If any one could be affected with this opinion as he ought, that we are all originally descended from God, and that God is both the father of men and of gods, he would not, I suppose, conceive ignoble or mean thoughts... | |
 | Apologetics - 1888 - 492 pages
...of Cicero. He believed in God as he believed in his own existence. The pagan slave Epictetus says, " If a person could be persuaded of this principle as...originally descended from God, and that He is the Father of men and gods, I conceive he would never think of himself meanly or ignobly." That slave-philosopher,... | |
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JF a person could be persuaded of this principle as he ought, that we are all originally descended from God, and that he is -the father of gods and men ; I conceive he never would think... 
