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... WEALTH In the Republic Socrates ranks wealth as an object of pursuit intermediate between sensual pleasure and power . Like other goods popularly thought to be the means to hap- piness , wealth is itself neither good nor bad ; but the ...
... WEALTH In the Republic Socrates ranks wealth as an object of pursuit intermediate between sensual pleasure and power . Like other goods popularly thought to be the means to hap- piness , wealth is itself neither good nor bad ; but the ...
Page 83
... wealth with corruption : Let none admire That riches grow in Hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane . ( 1. 690-2 . ) Later in the poem Michael comments on a ... wealth without these 83 THE GOOD LIFE : PLEASURE , WEALTH , FAME.
... wealth with corruption : Let none admire That riches grow in Hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane . ( 1. 690-2 . ) Later in the poem Michael comments on a ... wealth without these 83 THE GOOD LIFE : PLEASURE , WEALTH , FAME.
Page 84
... wealth causes ts own ruin . So Socrates had argued : The excess of wealth , and the neglect of all else but money- making , destroyed oligarchy . ( Rep . 8. 562. ) Further , against the many who suppose wealth to be the object of the ...
... wealth causes ts own ruin . So Socrates had argued : The excess of wealth , and the neglect of all else but money- making , destroyed oligarchy . ( Rep . 8. 562. ) Further , against the many who suppose wealth to be the object of the ...
Contents
MILTON AS A STUDENT OF PLATO | 3 |
ACADEMICS OLD AND NEW | 27 |
HIMSELF A TRUE POEM | 45 |
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