Plato's GorgiasBell, 1864 - 146 pages |
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Page xiii
... kind - titles always excepted - is at the present day very low indeed , and greatly reduced from what it was in the more ceremonious days of our forefathers . Even ' fair Sir ' has no longer a familiar sound in our ordinary speech , and ...
... kind - titles always excepted - is at the present day very low indeed , and greatly reduced from what it was in the more ceremonious days of our forefathers . Even ' fair Sir ' has no longer a familiar sound in our ordinary speech , and ...
Page xxii
... " has been telling me ever so long that the kind of wisdom and virtue that he covets is that which enables men to administer well their houses and na- tive cities , and to pay due respect to their xxii PLATO'S GORGIAS .
... " has been telling me ever so long that the kind of wisdom and virtue that he covets is that which enables men to administer well their houses and na- tive cities , and to pay due respect to their xxii PLATO'S GORGIAS .
Page xxvii
... laughter is of the sardonic kind , and his humour is shown chiefly in satire . How different from the loud hearty uproarious fun of Aristophanes ! the one , accusation and defence be carried on in INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
... laughter is of the sardonic kind , and his humour is shown chiefly in satire . How different from the loud hearty uproarious fun of Aristophanes ! the one , accusation and defence be carried on in INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
Page xlii
... kind of it which looks merely to the acquisition of power wealth station and other worldly advantages . The . latter is evidently Polus ' notion of utility or self - interest , as appears from what he had just before said ; and ...
... kind of it which looks merely to the acquisition of power wealth station and other worldly advantages . The . latter is evidently Polus ' notion of utility or self - interest , as appears from what he had just before said ; and ...
Page xlvii
... kind must be decided by reason and not authority . But it may be as well to observe that at least three writers on this subject whose opinion is deserving of the very highest consideration and respect seem to agree , if not in ...
... kind must be decided by reason and not authority . But it may be as well to observe that at least three writers on this subject whose opinion is deserving of the very highest consideration and respect seem to agree , if not in ...
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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.