Plato's GorgiasBell, 1864 - 146 pages |
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Page xxii
... correction of this , the faculty of discerning the possible means of per- suasion in a given subject , ' or any of the various definitions enumerated by Quintilian in the 15th Chapter of his second book , would give us a most inadequate ...
... correction of this , the faculty of discerning the possible means of per- suasion in a given subject , ' or any of the various definitions enumerated by Quintilian in the 15th Chapter of his second book , would give us a most inadequate ...
Page xxx
... correction of the immoral and ill - founded notions which prevailed upon this weighty matter was not the imme- diate object of the author in the composition of this work : at the lowest we are compelled to admit that it is the main of ...
... correction of the immoral and ill - founded notions which prevailed upon this weighty matter was not the imme- diate object of the author in the composition of this work : at the lowest we are compelled to admit that it is the main of ...
Page xxxi
... correction , which is the use of punishment ; that next to being just and good it is desira- ble to be made so by correction and chastisement ; that all flattering i.e. the seeking to impart mere gratification by any art or pursuit is ...
... correction , which is the use of punishment ; that next to being just and good it is desira- ble to be made so by correction and chastisement ; that all flattering i.e. the seeking to impart mere gratification by any art or pursuit is ...
Page xxxii
... correction of legal punishment to be eagerly sought , instead of shunned , with a view to the attainment of these , the soul's only real good : and to this end rhetoric like everything else is to be subordinate . in other words , that ...
... correction of legal punishment to be eagerly sought , instead of shunned , with a view to the attainment of these , the soul's only real good : and to this end rhetoric like everything else is to be subordinate . in other words , that ...
Page xl
... corrected by punishment , but most miserable of all if he escape with impunity and so be encouraged to continue in his wickedness , c . 28 init .: but in the following argument the question is made to assume the form , in which Socrates ...
... corrected by punishment , but most miserable of all if he escape with impunity and so be encouraged to continue in his wickedness , c . 28 init .: but in the following argument the question is made to assume the form , in which Socrates ...
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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.