Plato's GorgiasBell, 1864 - 146 pages |
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Page xx
... theories . Of this class of the Platonic dia- logues , to which Schleiermacher assigns the middle division in his arrangement , between the elementary and the con- structive , placing the Gorgias at their head , he says , Introd . to ...
... theories . Of this class of the Platonic dia- logues , to which Schleiermacher assigns the middle division in his arrangement , between the elementary and the con- structive , placing the Gorgias at their head , he says , Introd . to ...
Page xxi
... theories of knowledge , and especially the ultra Sceptical , and , as we may call it from its originator and supporters , Sophistical theory of Pro- tagoras are examined and refuted ; so here the same course is pursued with the current ...
... theories of knowledge , and especially the ultra Sceptical , and , as we may call it from its originator and supporters , Sophistical theory of Pro- tagoras are examined and refuted ; so here the same course is pursued with the current ...
Page xxv
... theory and practice . " But of the Sophists , those who profess this are very far indeed from really teaching it ; for they know absolutely nothing whatever of its nature and objects : for if they had , they would not have made it the ...
... theory and practice . " But of the Sophists , those who profess this are very far indeed from really teaching it ; for they know absolutely nothing whatever of its nature and objects : for if they had , they would not have made it the ...
Page xxxii
... theories and views of life , ( such as , that might alone is right , that pleasure is the only good , and so forth , ) and all fallacious appearances , ( as the happiness for example of Archelaus and those who resemble him , or the ...
... theories and views of life , ( such as , that might alone is right , that pleasure is the only good , and so forth , ) and all fallacious appearances , ( as the happiness for example of Archelaus and those who resemble him , or the ...
Page xxxiv
... theory in all its naked deformity . He , unlike his predecessor , has thought upon these questions , and is able to justify the self - seeking spirit which he avows by a theory which makes so called justice and right a mere convention ...
... theory in all its naked deformity . He , unlike his predecessor , has thought upon these questions , and is able to justify the self - seeking spirit which he avows by a theory which makes so called justice and right a mere convention ...
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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.