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Page xvii
... hand Cicero had himself bestowed most thought on Ethics and sought to form his own conclusions , although he had not enough originality of genius to introduce any new theory , and was deficient in the philosophical training necessary ...
... hand Cicero had himself bestowed most thought on Ethics and sought to form his own conclusions , although he had not enough originality of genius to introduce any new theory , and was deficient in the philosophical training necessary ...
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... hand the evidence of our senses make it possible to distinguish the True from the False . The objection therefore against Cicero , that as a Sceptic he had no right to lay down definite rules 25 on moral obligations , is groundless and ...
... hand the evidence of our senses make it possible to distinguish the True from the False . The objection therefore against Cicero , that as a Sceptic he had no right to lay down definite rules 25 on moral obligations , is groundless and ...
Page xxiii
... hand it follows from this that what is immoral is the supreme absolute evil . This axiom of the Stoics puts them in direct opposition to the Epicureans , who acknowledge that virtue is a great good , but only for the advantages which it ...
... hand it follows from this that what is immoral is the supreme absolute evil . This axiom of the Stoics puts them in direct opposition to the Epicureans , who acknowledge that virtue is a great good , but only for the advantages which it ...
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... hand , they cannot confer happiness upon those who do not possess virtue . The most wicked man may possess them without being made either less wicked or unhappy by them ; the virtuous man does not need them , his happiness is complete ...
... hand , they cannot confer happiness upon those who do not possess virtue . The most wicked man may possess them without being made either less wicked or unhappy by them ; the virtuous man does not need them , his happiness is complete ...
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... hand , the Wise Man alone is capable of true friendship and gratitude ; all that he does is right , he alone knows how to rule , how to obey , because he is free from all passions and therefore the only true king . Even the arts , as ...
... hand , the Wise Man alone is capable of true friendship and gratitude ; all that he does is right , he alone knows how to rule , how to obey , because he is free from all passions and therefore the only true king . Even the arts , as ...
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