Plato's GorgiasBell, 1864 - 146 pages |
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Page xii
... reason may be , the fact at all events is that the stock of words and phrases by which Plato carries on his arguments , and arrives at his philosophical conclusions is borrowed almost entirely from the commonest language of common life ...
... reason may be , the fact at all events is that the stock of words and phrases by which Plato carries on his arguments , and arrives at his philosophical conclusions is borrowed almost entirely from the commonest language of common life ...
Page xv
... reason and the feelings , and enforced at the same time by a priori authority and by a poste- riori application . My rule however has been to pay due attention to such niceties , and I have only neg- lected them when the exigencies of ...
... reason and the feelings , and enforced at the same time by a priori authority and by a poste- riori application . My rule however has been to pay due attention to such niceties , and I have only neg- lected them when the exigencies of ...
Page xxviii
... reason whatsoever for that rejection except that those who hold this opinion characterise the whole from a part ; ' which assumes the very point in question . I will venture to say in addition , that what I know of Olympiodorus ' com ...
... reason whatsoever for that rejection except that those who hold this opinion characterise the whole from a part ; ' which assumes the very point in question . I will venture to say in addition , that what I know of Olympiodorus ' com ...
Page xlvii
... 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 identifying the two theories , at ...
... 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 identifying the two theories , at ...
Page lvi
... reasons are mere selfishness very thinly 1 This apology which Plato here makes for himself , and the announcement of his determination to persevere in the course of life which he had marked out , combined with other reasons , have led ...
... reasons are mere selfishness very thinly 1 This apology which Plato here makes for himself , and the announcement of his determination to persevere in the course of life which he had marked out , combined with other reasons , have led ...
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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.