The Art of Happiness: Or, The Teachings of Epicurus |
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... delightful and cynical spirit , says : " Epicurus is holy , he is divine , he alone has known the truth , and by handing it down to his disciples has become their liberator . " CHAPTER V ON THE GODS THE Master said : " 40 THE ART OF ...
... delightful and cynical spirit , says : " Epicurus is holy , he is divine , he alone has known the truth , and by handing it down to his disciples has become their liberator . " CHAPTER V ON THE GODS THE Master said : " 40 THE ART OF ...
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... delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb , tree , fruit , and flower , Glist'ring with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful ev'ning mild ; then silent night With this her ...
... delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb , tree , fruit , and flower , Glist'ring with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful ev'ning mild ; then silent night With this her ...
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... delightful excitement of the young as they hoist the banner of some new æsthetic , and the delightful indignation of the old , annoyed to be disturbed , like passengers in a sleeper bidden to change cars at midnight . The recurrent ...
... delightful excitement of the young as they hoist the banner of some new æsthetic , and the delightful indignation of the old , annoyed to be disturbed , like passengers in a sleeper bidden to change cars at midnight . The recurrent ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE PREFACE | 9 |
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS | 13 |
ALTRUISM | 17 |
Copyright | |
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adjectives admirable altruistic Athenians Athens Beatrice Webb beauty better blessed blessedness body Boétie Cephissus Ceramicus CHAPTER Charles Lamb Christian ciples Confucius conversation creed cultivate curean curus death delightful desires disciples divine Doctor Johnson doctrine Don Quixote drink duty egoist emotional enjoy enjoyment Epicurean book Epicurean philosophy Epicurus Epicurus's ethics evil fashion fastidiousness fear flowers Forsyte Saga friends friendship frugality garden gentle gentleman gods Greek Guy Mannering Harunobu heart HENRY DWIGHT SEDGWICK Hermarchus human ideas Idomeneus immortal individual intellectual leisure live look Macedon man's Master means ments mind moral moralists Mount Pentelicus munity nation nature needs ness never pain pleas pleasant pleasure practise Praxiteles prejudices reason religion sect sensation SHAL social society soul spirit Stoic sweet talk tastes teaching theory things thought tion true truth virtue wisdom wise wish words young