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... course it is difficult to say of any art that it is not worth while learning it . If this exercise be an Art , as the Professors of it say , and as Nicias assumes , let it be learnt . But if it be no art but only a trick , or if it be a ...
... course it is difficult to say of any art that it is not worth while learning it . If this exercise be an Art , as the Professors of it say , and as Nicias assumes , let it be learnt . But if it be no art but only a trick , or if it be a ...
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... course , Socrates , that is easily answered : if a man stands steady in the rank and beats off the attacking enemy , depend upon it he is a brave man . " Socrates suggests , very deferentially , that he may have failed to make his ...
... course , Socrates , that is easily answered : if a man stands steady in the rank and beats off the attacking enemy , depend upon it he is a brave man . " Socrates suggests , very deferentially , that he may have failed to make his ...
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... course of the Dialogue , that I have re- nounced all attempt to express it by a single English word . In the title I take that which comes nearest etymologically , sound- mindedness . INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARMIDES . N the Introduction to ...
... course of the Dialogue , that I have re- nounced all attempt to express it by a single English word . In the title I take that which comes nearest etymologically , sound- mindedness . INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARMIDES . N the Introduction to ...
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... course of the Dialogue , that I have re- nounced all attempt to express it by a single English word . In the title I take that which comes nearest etymologically , sound- mindedness . INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARMIDES . N the Introduction to ...
... course of the Dialogue , that I have re- nounced all attempt to express it by a single English word . In the title I take that which comes nearest etymologically , sound- mindedness . INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARMIDES . N the Introduction to ...
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... course fixes the date of the drama to B. C. 432 . I shall afterwards consider how this bears on the date of the writing . The transition is soon made to the especial subject of the piece . Socrates goes on to say : - " When we had had ...
... course fixes the date of the drama to B. C. 432 . I shall afterwards consider how this bears on the date of the writing . The transition is soon made to the especial subject of the piece . Socrates goes on to say : - " When we had had ...
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