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... pleasure of the moment to be the supreme good ; the Megaric school , of which Euclid of Megara was the chief , who held that the only end was reason and knowledge . These three schools were one- sided developments of parts of the ...
... pleasure of the moment to be the supreme good ; the Megaric school , of which Euclid of Megara was the chief , who held that the only end was reason and knowledge . These three schools were one- sided developments of parts of the ...
Page xvii
... Pleasure is not a good : it is involved in virtue but as a consequence , not as an end to be aimed at . External goods like health and wealth are indifferent . Some , as con- forming to nature , are preferable to others , but they are ...
... Pleasure is not a good : it is involved in virtue but as a consequence , not as an end to be aimed at . External goods like health and wealth are indifferent . Some , as con- forming to nature , are preferable to others , but they are ...
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... pleasure is understood , not the excitement of the moment , but permanent , tranquil satisfaction . Many a pleasure must be 1 IV . § 53 . 2 τὸ κανονικόν reckoned an appendage to Physics . 3 I. 22 . 4 Lucret . V. 564 . 5 III . § 41 ...
... pleasure is understood , not the excitement of the moment , but permanent , tranquil satisfaction . Many a pleasure must be 1 IV . § 53 . 2 τὸ κανονικόν reckoned an appendage to Physics . 3 I. 22 . 4 Lucret . V. 564 . 5 III . § 41 ...
Page xx
... pleasure . The wise man seeks his supreme good for the whole of life , not for the moment as the Cyrenaics said . Natural desires are easily satisfied : 1 artificial desires like ambition , which are stimulated by the opinion of others ...
... pleasure . The wise man seeks his supreme good for the whole of life , not for the moment as the Cyrenaics said . Natural desires are easily satisfied : 1 artificial desires like ambition , which are stimulated by the opinion of others ...
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... which serve his purpose . . .. I only wish to become wiser , not more learned and eloquent . . . . I understand quite well what death 1 V. § 22 . 2 II . 17 . is and what pleasure , which there is no amusement xxvii INTRODUCTION.
... which serve his purpose . . .. I only wish to become wiser , not more learned and eloquent . . . . I understand quite well what death 1 V. § 22 . 2 II . 17 . is and what pleasure , which there is no amusement xxvii INTRODUCTION.
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aegritudine aegritudo alii aliquid animi animo animus apud Aristotle atque autem beata body bonis bonum Carneades Chrysippus Cicero corporis Cyrenaics death dicere disorders distress dolore dolorem eius enim Ennius eorum Epicurus ergo esset etiam etsi Eurypylus evil fear fortuna Graeci Greek haec happy homines idem igitur illa illi illud inquit ipsa ipse ipsi ipsum ista Itaque libido lust malis malum melius metus mihi modo modum mortem multa nature neque nihil nisi nobis nulla numquam nunc omnes omni omnia omnino omnium pain Panaetius paullo Peripatetics perturbationes philosophers Plato pleasure posse possit potest Pythagoras quae quam quia quibus quid quidem quidquam quis quod rebus rerum saepe sapiens sapientem satis semper sine sint Socrates solum soul Stoics sunt tamen Theophrastus things vero videtur virtue vita vitam wise wretched Xenocrates δὲ καὶ τὸ
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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.