Plato's GorgiasBell, 1864 - 146 pages |
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Page vii
... justice to the language of a subtle as well as imaginative writer like Plato ; of rendering adequately the grace- ful flow of his natural and easy dialogue ; of express- ing in simple and yet appropriate terms the nice distinctions ...
... justice to the language of a subtle as well as imaginative writer like Plato ; of rendering adequately the grace- ful flow of his natural and easy dialogue ; of express- ing in simple and yet appropriate terms the nice distinctions ...
Page xxi
... justice nothing but a convention of society , and that pleasure is the only good , are most prominently brought forward and most signally refuted . The solution of all these great questions , and the true views of Knowledge and Science ...
... justice nothing but a convention of society , and that pleasure is the only good , are most prominently brought forward and most signally refuted . The solution of all these great questions , and the true views of Knowledge and Science ...
Page xxv
... justice , as cookery does to medicine , or the art of adorning the outside of the person so as to produce a deceitful appearance of health and comeliness , the perfumer's , tailor's , and hair- dresser's arts , to gymnastics . And ...
... justice , as cookery does to medicine , or the art of adorning the outside of the person so as to produce a deceitful appearance of health and comeliness , the perfumer's , tailor's , and hair- dresser's arts , to gymnastics . And ...
Page xxvii
... justice from the imperfection of human tribunals . The shrewd observant sagacious Aristotle , the philosopher of experience and thorough man of the world , eschews all such Utopian and highflying notions ; he is satisfied to take things ...
... justice from the imperfection of human tribunals . The shrewd observant sagacious Aristotle , the philosopher of experience and thorough man of the world , eschews all such Utopian and highflying notions ; he is satisfied to take things ...
Page xxxi
... opinion upon the point here in question . 2 It is however noticed , but without any particular stress being laid upon it , by Bonitz , Op . cit . p . 270 . every other action employed to promote the ends of justice INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
... opinion upon the point here in question . 2 It is however noticed , but without any particular stress being laid upon it , by Bonitz , Op . cit . p . 270 . every other action employed to promote the ends of justice INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
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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.