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... probably it was also from the fact that water supplies the most obvious example of the transmutation of matter under its three forms , solid , fluid and gaseous . Thales further held that the uni- verse is a living creature ; which he ...
... probably it was also from the fact that water supplies the most obvious example of the transmutation of matter under its three forms , solid , fluid and gaseous . Thales further held that the uni- verse is a living creature ; which he ...
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... probably the stars . ( N. D. I 26. ) The greatest of the Pre - Socratic philosophers , Heraclitus of Ephesus , known among the ancients as the obscure and the weeping philosopher , was a little junior to Anaximenes . Following in the ...
... probably the stars . ( N. D. I 26. ) The greatest of the Pre - Socratic philosophers , Heraclitus of Ephesus , known among the ancients as the obscure and the weeping philosopher , was a little junior to Anaximenes . Following in the ...
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... probably that , his philosophy having been incorporated into the Stoic system , it was unnecessary to discuss it separately . See Hirzel , p . 7 foll . , and N. D. III 35 , 1 74 . We must now cross the water with Pythagoras of Samos ...
... probably that , his philosophy having been incorporated into the Stoic system , it was unnecessary to discuss it separately . See Hirzel , p . 7 foll . , and N. D. III 35 , 1 74 . We must now cross the water with Pythagoras of Samos ...
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... probably referring to the fact that Socrates freely pointed out the faults of the Athenian constitution , and that many of his disciples took the anti - popular side ( N. D. II 18 , 167 ) . Our authorities for the life of Socrates are ...
... probably referring to the fact that Socrates freely pointed out the faults of the Athenian constitution , and that many of his disciples took the anti - popular side ( N. D. II 18 , 167 ) . Our authorities for the life of Socrates are ...
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... probably derived . The end of philosophy with the Stoics was purely practical . Philosophy is identical with virtue . But since virtue consists in bringing the actions into harmony with the general order of the world , it is essential ...
... probably derived . The end of philosophy with the Stoics was purely practical . Philosophy is identical with virtue . But since virtue consists in bringing the actions into harmony with the general order of the world , it is essential ...
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Page 153 - the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Koman world were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful '—he
Page 154 - is founded on faith not on reason ; and it is a sure method of exposing it, to put it to such a trial as it is by no means fitted to endure'. There is
Page lxvi - quam rationis momenta quaerenda sunt. Quin etiam obest plerumque iis, qui discere volunt, auctoritas eorum, qui se docere profitentur; desinunt enim suum judicium adhibere, id habent ratum, quod ab eo, quem probant, judicatum vident. Nec vero probare soleo id, quod de Pythagoreis accepimus, quos
Page lxxii - Crotoniates autem Alcmaeo, qui soli et lunae reliquisque sideribus animoque praeterea divinitatem dedit, non sensit sese mortalibus rebus immortalitatem dare. Nam Pythagoras, qui censuit animum esse per naturam rerum omnem intentum et commeantem, ex quo nostri animi carperentur, non vidit
Page 16 - imitatione servare. Accessit etiam ista opinio fortasse, quod homini homine pulchrius nihil videatur. Sed tu hoc, physice, non vides, quam blanda conciliatrix et quasi sui sit lena natura? An putas ullam esse terra marique beluam, quae non sui generis belua maxime delectetur? Quod ni ita esset, cur non gestiret
Page 8 - Epicurus autem, qui res occultas et penitus abditas non modo viderit animo, sed etiam sic tractet, ut manu, docet earn esse vim et naturam deorum, ut primum non sensu, sed mente cernatur, née soliditate quadam ñeque eadem ad
Page 6 - omnium firma consensio, intellegi necesse est esse déos; quoniam Ínsitas eorum vel potius innatas cognitiones habemus, de quo autem omnium natura consentit, id verum esse necesse est ; esse igitur déos confitendum est. Quod quoniam fere constat inter
Page 33 - potest esse sanctitas, si di humana non curant ? quae autem animans natura nihil curans ? Verius est igitur nimirum illud, quod familiaris omnium nostrum Posidonius disseruit in libro quinto de natura deorum, nullos esse déos Epicuro videri, quaeque is de dis immortalibus dixerit, invidiae detestandae
Page 3 - in libris, qui sunt de natura deorum, nulla species divina describitur ; déos enim octo esse dicit, quinqué eos, qui in stellis vagis nominantur, unum, qui ex omnibus sideribus, quae infixa cáelo sunt, ex dispersis quasi membris simplex sit putandus deus, septimum solem adjungit octavamque lunam ; qui quo
Page 14 - sit in omnibus disjunctionibus, in quibus 'aut etiam aut non' poneretur, alterum utrum esse verum, pertimuit, ne, si concessum esset hujus modi aliquid, 'Aut vivet eras aut non vivet Epicurus', alterutrum fieret necessarium: totum hoc 'aut etiam aut non' negavit esse necessarium; quo quid dici