Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... regard to virtue and education : for happiness lies in these , and not in adventitious advantages . ' " " § IX . And as I advise parents to think nothing more important than the education of their children , so I main- tain that it must ...
... regard to virtue and education : for happiness lies in these , and not in adventitious advantages . ' " " § IX . And as I advise parents to think nothing more important than the education of their children , so I main- tain that it must ...
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... regard to the disposition of the soul , which ought to be neither audacious nor timid and easily dejected : for the one ends in impudence and the other in servility ; but to keep in all things the mean between extremes is artistic and ...
... regard to the disposition of the soul , which ought to be neither audacious nor timid and easily dejected : for the one ends in impudence and the other in servility ; but to keep in all things the mean between extremes is artistic and ...
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... regard as the principal blessings that philosophy teaches . For to enjoy prosperity nobly shows a man ; and to enjoy it with- out exciting envy shows a moderate man ; and to conquer the passions by reason argues a wise man ; and it is ...
... regard as the principal blessings that philosophy teaches . For to enjoy prosperity nobly shows a man ; and to enjoy it with- out exciting envy shows a moderate man ; and to conquer the passions by reason argues a wise man ; and it is ...
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... regard to some of their questions , owing to their variety of opinion , have appealed to the brute creation as to a strange state , and submitted the decision to their instincts and habits as not to be talked over 1 Wyttenbach thinks ...
... regard to some of their questions , owing to their variety of opinion , have appealed to the brute creation as to a strange state , and submitted the decision to their instincts and habits as not to be talked over 1 Wyttenbach thinks ...
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... regards the birth and bringing up of their young . For example , the kingfisher after conception weaves its nest with the thorns of the marine needle , making it round and oblong in shape like a fisher- man's basket , and after deftly ...
... regards the birth and bringing up of their young . For example , the kingfisher after conception weaves its nest with the thorns of the marine needle , making it round and oblong in shape like a fisher- man's basket , and after deftly ...
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