Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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Page 87
... excessive laughter or any other demonstration of joy , and to allow a free vent to copious lamentation and wailing that come from the same source ? And how unreasonable is it , as some husbands do , to quarrel with their wives about ...
... excessive laughter or any other demonstration of joy , and to allow a free vent to copious lamentation and wailing that come from the same source ? And how unreasonable is it , as some husbands do , to quarrel with their wives about ...
Page 104
... excessive help , and at the seasonable time . For the emotional and unreasoning elements are subject to motions sometimes too quick and vehement , at other times too remiss and slow . And so everything we do may be a success from one ...
... excessive help , and at the seasonable time . For the emotional and unreasoning elements are subject to motions sometimes too quick and vehement , at other times too remiss and slow . And so everything we do may be a success from one ...
Page 105
... excessive , nor is it again altogether free from emotional storms of passion , wherein are excess and deficiency . But it is , and is commonly so called , a mean like that in music and harmony . For as in music there is a middle note ...
... excessive , nor is it again altogether free from emotional storms of passion , wherein are excess and deficiency . But it is , and is commonly so called , a mean like that in music and harmony . For as in music there is a middle note ...
Page 109
... excessive violence is unstable by reason of their weakness . But these views are , in the first place , contrary to evidence and observation ; for no one observes in himself a change from passion to judgement , and from judgement back ...
... excessive violence is unstable by reason of their weakness . But these views are , in the first place , contrary to evidence and observation ; for no one observes in himself a change from passion to judgement , and from judgement back ...
Page 112
... passion , but only that judgement that is provocative of violent and excessive impulse : ad- 1 Euripides , " Hippolytus , " 385 , 386 . mitting that judgement and passion in us are something different 112 PLUTARCH'S MORALS .
... passion , but only that judgement that is provocative of violent and excessive impulse : ad- 1 Euripides , " Hippolytus , " 385 , 386 . mitting that judgement and passion in us are something different 112 PLUTARCH'S MORALS .
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