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... virtue of the eternal movement belonging to it ; thus are produced the four elements ; the earth was in the form of a cylinder , self - poised , in the centre of the uni- verse ; round it was air , and round that again a fiery sphere ...
... virtue of the eternal movement belonging to it ; thus are produced the four elements ; the earth was in the form of a cylinder , self - poised , in the centre of the uni- verse ; round it was air , and round that again a fiery sphere ...
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... virtue is a knowledge of the way to happiness , and more generally , right action is reasonable action ; in other words , virtue is wisdom , and each particular virtue wisdom in reference to particular circumstances or a par- ticular ...
... virtue is a knowledge of the way to happiness , and more generally , right action is reasonable action ; in other words , virtue is wisdom , and each particular virtue wisdom in reference to particular circumstances or a par- ticular ...
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... virtue is knowledge , asks whether a man must not be taught to be just , as he is taught to read and write , and whether the man who misspells in- 1 Mem . IV . 2 . tentionally does not know his letters better than one who 32 XENOPHON ...
... virtue is knowledge , asks whether a man must not be taught to be just , as he is taught to read and write , and whether the man who misspells in- 1 Mem . IV . 2 . tentionally does not know his letters better than one who 32 XENOPHON ...
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... virtue ) and the particular arts and sciences ; and that he never gave due attention to the phenomena of human weakness ( ακράτεια ) and moral choice ( προαίρεσις ) which were afterwards so carefully analyzed by Aristotle . One other ...
... virtue ) and the particular arts and sciences ; and that he never gave due attention to the phenomena of human weakness ( ακράτεια ) and moral choice ( προαίρεσις ) which were afterwards so carefully analyzed by Aristotle . One other ...
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... virtue , nothing evil but vice . Virtue is wisdom and the wise man is always perfectly happy because he is self - sufficient and has no wants , no ties and no weak- nesses . The mass of men are fools and slaves , and the wise man is ...
... virtue , nothing evil but vice . Virtue is wisdom and the wise man is always perfectly happy because he is self - sufficient and has no wants , no ties and no weak- nesses . The mass of men are fools and slaves , and the wise man is ...
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