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... minds of men from the most grievous misconceptions , and has taught all that is essential for the good and happy life ; but I judge that your pleasure in him , like that of our friend Triarius , is diminished because he cared little for ...
... minds of men from the most grievous misconceptions , and has taught all that is essential for the good and happy life ; but I judge that your pleasure in him , like that of our friend Triarius , is diminished because he cared little for ...
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... minds a kind of natural and inbred conception leading us to feel that the one thing is fit for us to seek , the other to reject . Others again , with whom I agree , finding that many arguments are alleged by philosophers to prove that ...
... minds a kind of natural and inbred conception leading us to feel that the one thing is fit for us to seek , the other to reject . Others again , with whom I agree , finding that many arguments are alleged by philosophers to prove that ...
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... mind subject to no fear of death or pain , because death is apart from sensation , and pain when lasting is usually slight , when oppressive is of short duration , so that its temporariness reconciles us to its intensity , and its ...
... mind subject to no fear of death or pain , because death is apart from sensation , and pain when lasting is usually slight , when oppressive is of short duration , so that its temporariness reconciles us to its intensity , and its ...
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... minds , and to prevent us from quaking with fear , and if we sit at her feet we may live in perfect calm , when once the heat of every passion has been cooled . Verily the passions are un- conscionable , and overthrow not merely ...
... minds , and to prevent us from quaking with fear , and if we sit at her feet we may live in perfect calm , when once the heat of every passion has been cooled . Verily the passions are un- conscionable , and overthrow not merely ...
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... mind and body , so far as we can succeed in doing so , from annoyance . As in truth , on the one hand , the entire stability of a peaceful life is shaken by the fear of death , and it is wretched to succumb to pains and to bear them in ...
... mind and body , so far as we can succeed in doing so , from annoyance . As in truth , on the one hand , the entire stability of a peaceful life is shaken by the fear of death , and it is wretched to succumb to pains and to bear them in ...
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