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... - litus " who named the world an ever - living fire ; 3 II . § 61 . 4 V. § 21 . 7 V. § 105 . 1 II . § 26 . 5 II . § 52 . 2 III . § 59 . 6 I. § 19 .. Democritus of Abdera , the author of the atomic theory xii INTRODUCTION.
... - litus " who named the world an ever - living fire ; 3 II . § 61 . 4 V. § 21 . 7 V. § 105 . 1 II . § 26 . 5 II . § 52 . 2 III . § 59 . 6 I. § 19 .. Democritus of Abdera , the author of the atomic theory xii INTRODUCTION.
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... living to those who desired a teaching which could satisfy their needs . It Of the post - Aristotelian schools Stoicism was founded by Zeno , a native of Cyprus who began by being a Cynic . He was followed by Cleanthes 1 and Chrysippus ...
... living to those who desired a teaching which could satisfy their needs . It Of the post - Aristotelian schools Stoicism was founded by Zeno , a native of Cyprus who began by being a Cynic . He was followed by Cleanthes 1 and Chrysippus ...
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... living thing of which God is the rational soul , the inner necessity which subjects all to unalterable law . All in the world comes out of the divine whole and returns into it again in a never - ending series of cycles . Much of their ...
... living thing of which God is the rational soul , the inner necessity which subjects all to unalterable law . All in the world comes out of the divine whole and returns into it again in a never - ending series of cycles . Much of their ...
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... living who have to die , all must be wretched always , 9 . But death is not an evil for either . The terrors of the lower world are fictions , 10. If the dead do not exist they cannot be wretched , 11–14 . If there is no evil after ...
... living who have to die , all must be wretched always , 9 . But death is not an evil for either . The terrors of the lower world are fictions , 10. If the dead do not exist they cannot be wretched , 11–14 . If there is no evil after ...
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... living well and living happily , 12. Happy life must be associated with virtue , 13 , 14. Previous discus- sions have shown that disorders destroy happy life . Virtue brings equability and therefore happy life , 15-20 . Can The views of ...
... living well and living happily , 12. Happy life must be associated with virtue , 13 , 14. Previous discus- sions have shown that disorders destroy happy life . Virtue brings equability and therefore happy life , 15-20 . Can The views of ...
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Page 8 - Latini dicuntur scripti inconsiderate ab optimis illis quidem viris, sed non satis eruditis. fieri autem potest, ut recte quis sentiat et id, quod sentit, polite eloqui non possit.
Page xxviii - Words, and more words, and nothing but words, had been all the fruit of all the toil of all the most renowned sages of sixty generations.
Page 186 - Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders...
Page 76 - Animorum nulla in terris origo inveniri potest; nihil enim est in animis mixtum atque concretum, aut quod ex terra natum atque fictum esse videatur, nihil ne aut umidum' quidem aut flabile aut igneum. His enim in naturis nihil inest, quod vim memoriae, mentis, cogitationis habeat, quod et praeterita teneat et futura provideat et complecti possit praesentia.
Page 432 - ... quaererent, sed visendi causa venirent studioseque perspicerent, quid ageretur et quo modo, item nos quasi in mercatus quandam celebritatem ex urbe aliqua sic in hanc vitam ex alia vita et natura...
Page 370 - Etenim ipsae se impellunt, ubi semel a ratione discessum est, ipsaque sibi imbecillitas indulget in altumque provehitur imprudens nee reperit locum consistendi.
Page 2 - Graecis et litteris 10 et doctoribus percipi non posset : sed meum semper judicium fuit, omnia nostros aut invenisse per se sapientius quam Graecos : aut accepta ab illis fecisse meliora, quae quidem digna statuissent in quibus elaborarent. Nam mores et instituta vitae, resque domesticas ac familiares, nos profecto et melius tuemur et lautius ; rem vero publicam nostri majores certe melioribus temperaverunt et institutis et legibus.
Page xxviii - Hortensius. But this book altered my affections, and turned my prayers to Thyself, O Lord ; and made me have other purposes and desires.
Page 78 - Nee vero deus ipse, qui intelligitur a nobis, alio modo intelligi potest, nisi mens soluta quaedam et libera, segregata ab omni concretione mortali, omnia sentiens et movens, ipsaque praedita motu sempiterno.