Plato's GorgiasBell, 1864 - 146 pages |
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Page vii
Plato. sion , are so entirely remote from those which prevail in this England of the nineteenth century that a mo- dern translator cannot fail to be constantly at a loss for an exact equivalent in his own language for the tech- nical ...
Plato. sion , are so entirely remote from those which prevail in this England of the nineteenth century that a mo- dern translator cannot fail to be constantly at a loss for an exact equivalent in his own language for the tech- nical ...
Page viii
Plato. no artificially constructed periods ' , no pompous phrases , no technical terms of science or philosophy ; all the grace is unstudied and the harmony natural . It seems to me that this unartificial character has been occasionally ...
Plato. no artificially constructed periods ' , no pompous phrases , no technical terms of science or philosophy ; all the grace is unstudied and the harmony natural . It seems to me that this unartificial character has been occasionally ...
Page x
Plato. to decide . If I might venture to express my own opinion upon the point , I should say that in this as in other respects his version is rather over dry and formal . But in omitting these particles we sacrifice in a great measure ...
Plato. to decide . If I might venture to express my own opinion upon the point , I should say that in this as in other respects his version is rather over dry and formal . But in omitting these particles we sacrifice in a great measure ...
Page xi
Plato. words I have always done my best to avoid - which often must be employed in default of any others in our own language capable of adequately expressing the same meaning with greater conciseness . Another error to be carefully ...
Plato. words I have always done my best to avoid - which often must be employed in default of any others in our own language capable of adequately expressing the same meaning with greater conciseness . Another error to be carefully ...
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Page xix - Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear ; And, because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.