Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... 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 CONJUGAL PREFACE . ix.
... 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 CONJUGAL PREFACE . ix.
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... am reckoned rather wise . For those who are little thought of by the wise , seem to hit the taste 1 IIe was asked by Polus , see Plato , " Gorgias , " p . 290 , F. of the vulgar . " And I have myself noticed 8 PLUTARCH'S MORALS .
... am reckoned rather wise . For those who are little thought of by the wise , seem to hit the taste 1 IIe was asked by Polus , see Plato , " Gorgias , " p . 290 , F. of the vulgar . " And I have myself noticed 8 PLUTARCH'S MORALS .
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... need dwell any more on it . 1 A favourite thought with the ancients . Compare Isocrates , " Ad- monitio ad Demonicum , " p . 18 ; and Aristotle , " Nic . Eth . , " iv . 3 But in addition to what I have said , it ON EDUCATION . 11.
... need dwell any more on it . 1 A favourite thought with the ancients . Compare Isocrates , " Ad- monitio ad Demonicum , " p . 18 ; and Aristotle , " Nic . Eth . , " iv . 3 But in addition to what I have said , it ON EDUCATION . 11.
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... thought for the birth and safety of her offspring . We cannot adequately describe all this , but every animal exhibits for its young affection and forethought and endurance and unselfishness . We call the bee wise , and celebrate its ...
... thought for the birth and safety of her offspring . We cannot adequately describe all this , but every animal exhibits for its young affection and forethought and endurance and unselfishness . We call the bee wise , and celebrate its ...
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... thought so cheap of him , that she asked to be allowed one day to sit on the royal throne , with the royal diadem on her head , and to transact state affairs . And 1 I follow here the reading of Wyttenbach . Through the whole of this ...
... thought so cheap of him , that she asked to be allowed one day to sit on the royal throne , with the royal diadem on her head , and to transact state affairs . And 1 I follow here the reading of Wyttenbach . Through the whole of this ...
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