The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius AntoninusG. Bell, 1901 - 216 pages |
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... bears witness by his death . We also blame those who rush to death , for there are some , not of us , but only bearing the same name who give themselves up . We say of them that they die without being martyrs , even if they are publicly ...
... bears witness by his death . We also blame those who rush to death , for there are some , not of us , but only bearing the same name who give themselves up . We say of them that they die without being martyrs , even if they are publicly ...
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... bear whatever blame is his due.1 I add that it is quite certain that Antoninus did not derive any of his Ethical principles from a religion of which he knew nothing . " 15 There is no doubt that the Emperor's Reflections or his ...
... bear whatever blame is his due.1 I add that it is quite certain that Antoninus did not derive any of his Ethical principles from a religion of which he knew nothing . " 15 There is no doubt that the Emperor's Reflections or his ...
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... bear what we cannot avoid , and his lessons may be just as useful to him who denies the being and the government of God as to him who believes in both . There is no direct answer in Antoninus to the ob- jections which may be made to the ...
... bear what we cannot avoid , and his lessons may be just as useful to him who denies the being and the government of God as to him who believes in both . There is no direct answer in Antoninus to the ob- jections which may be made to the ...
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... bear all that falls to his lot and do useful acts as long as he lives . He should not therefore abridge the time of his usefulness by his own act . Whether he contemplates any possible cases in which a man should die by his own hand , I ...
... bear all that falls to his lot and do useful acts as long as he lives . He should not therefore abridge the time of his usefulness by his own act . Whether he contemplates any possible cases in which a man should die by his own hand , I ...
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... bear the one and to be sober in the other is the mark of a man who has a perfect and invincible soul , such as he showed in the illness of Maximus . 17. To the gods I am indebted for having good grand- fathers , good parents , a good ...
... bear the one and to be sober in the other is the mark of a man who has a perfect and invincible soul , such as he showed in the illness of Maximus . 17. To the gods I am indebted for having good grand- fathers , good parents , a good ...
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2nd Edition according to nature Antoninus Pius Apology art thou Avidius Cassius body Christians Commodus conformable consider constitution death deity Dion Cassius divinity dost thou Edited by Temple emperor English Engravings Epictetus Eusebius evil exist G. A. Aitken Gataker give gods Greek Hadrian happens to thee harm Heraclitus History Illustrations intelligence Julius Cæsar justice Justinus kind let thy letter look manner matter meaning Melitene notion observe opinion Orosius pain passage philosophy Plato pleasure Portraits praise principles Quadi rational animal reason religion Rescript Roman ruling faculty says shavings and cuttings social Socrates soul speaks Stoic substance Temple Scott things thou art thou didst thou dost thou hast thou shalt thou shouldst thou wilt thou wish thy mind thy power thyself tion Trajan Trans Translated truth universal nature Verus virtue whole wickedness William Hazlitt Woodcuts word wouldst wrong Zeus
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