Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... means of making popular some of the best thoughts of one of the most interesting and thoughtful of the ancients , who often seems indeed almost a modern . CAMBRIDGE , March , 1888 . • CONTENTS . ON EDUCATION ONE'S OFFSPRING ON LOVE ...
... means of making popular some of the best thoughts of one of the most interesting and thoughtful of the ancients , who often seems indeed almost a modern . CAMBRIDGE , March , 1888 . • CONTENTS . ON EDUCATION ONE'S OFFSPRING ON LOVE ...
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... mean and abject : for as the poet truly says , " It makes a man even of noble spirit servile , when he is conscious of the ill fame of either his father or mother . ' On the other hand the sons of illustrious parents are full of pride ...
... mean and abject : for as the poet truly says , " It makes a man even of noble spirit servile , when he is conscious of the ill fame of either his father or mother . ' On the other hand the sons of illustrious parents are full of pride ...
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... mean training , and by practice working at one's craft . Now the foundation must be laid in training , and practice gives facility , but perfection is attained only by the junction of all three . For if any one of these elements be ...
... mean training , and by practice working at one's craft . Now the foundation must be laid in training , and practice gives facility , but perfection is attained only by the junction of all three . For if any one of these elements be ...
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... means . Is it that vice is universal ? Like Shakespeare's " Measure for Measure , ' Act ii . Sc . ii . 5. " All sects , all ages smack of this vice . " دو purses ; and , what is a most important point ON EDUCATION . 7.
... means . Is it that vice is universal ? Like Shakespeare's " Measure for Measure , ' Act ii . Sc . ii . 5. " All sects , all ages smack of this vice . " دو purses ; and , what is a most important point ON EDUCATION . 7.
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... mean between extremes is artistic and proper . And , while I am still on this topic , I wish to give my opinion , that I regard a monotonous speech first as no small proof of want of taste , next as likely to gene- rate disdain , and ...
... mean between extremes is artistic and proper . And , while I am still on this topic , I wish to give my opinion , that I regard a monotonous speech first as no small proof of want of taste , next as likely to gene- rate disdain , and ...
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