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... 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 Physics the Stoics derived from Aristotle ...
... 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 Physics the Stoics derived from Aristotle ...
Page xvii
... soul of man , like the soul of the universe , of which it is part , is a fiery breath ; 1 it is fed from the blood and grows with the growth of the body . The soul has no distinct parts but there are currents permeating the body and ...
... soul of man , like the soul of the universe , of which it is part , is a fiery breath ; 1 it is fed from the blood and grows with the growth of the body . The soul has no distinct parts but there are currents permeating the body and ...
Page xviii
... soul over pain , absolute mastery of desire and lust , absolute justice . Emotion is not merely to be regulated but suppressed , 1 for , as the soul is entirely rational , emotion is due to erroneous judgment and is therefore under ...
... soul over pain , absolute mastery of desire and lust , absolute justice . Emotion is not merely to be regulated but suppressed , 1 for , as the soul is entirely rational , emotion is due to erroneous judgment and is therefore under ...
Page xxii
... soul , the fifth with the sufficiency of virtue for a happy life . They are intended to lift all men , especially young men of generous instincts , to a higher level , to strengthen their souls and inspire them to better ways of life ...
... soul , the fifth with the sufficiency of virtue for a happy life . They are intended to lift all men , especially young men of generous instincts , to a higher level , to strengthen their souls and inspire them to better ways of life ...
Page xxv
... soul , and rejects the Stoic doctrine of a limited existence after death . In the spirit of the New Academy he leaves the nature and place of the soul undetermined . The nearest approach to certainty is the soul's conviction of its own ...
... soul , and rejects the Stoic doctrine of a limited existence after death . In the spirit of the New Academy he leaves the nature and place of the soul undetermined . The nearest approach to certainty is the soul's conviction of its own ...
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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.