The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius AntoninusG. Bell, 1901 - 216 pages |
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... action of what we call gravitation , the elemental combination of unorganized bodies and their resolution , the production of plants and of living bodies , their generation , growth , and their dissolution , which we call their death ...
... action of what we call gravitation , the elemental combination of unorganized bodies and their resolution , the production of plants and of living bodies , their generation , growth , and their dissolution , which we call their death ...
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... action : but the rational animal man alone has a rational , intelligent soul ( ψυχὴ λογική , νοερά ) . Antoninus insists on this continu- ally : God is in man , " and so we must constantly attend to the divinity within us , for it is ...
... action : but the rational animal man alone has a rational , intelligent soul ( ψυχὴ λογική , νοερά ) . Antoninus insists on this continu- ally : God is in man , " and so we must constantly attend to the divinity within us , for it is ...
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... actions of our lives . " Much matter might be collected from Antoninus on the notion of the Universe being one animated Being . But all that he says amounts to no more , as Schultz remarks , than this : the soul of man is most ...
... actions of our lives . " Much matter might be collected from Antoninus on the notion of the Universe being one animated Being . But all that he says amounts to no more , as Schultz remarks , than this : the soul of man is most ...
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... actions . " To the rational animal the same act is according to nature and according to reason . " ( vII . 11 ... action , not for idleness or pleasure . As plants and animals do the uses of their nature , so man must do his . ( v ...
... actions . " To the rational animal the same act is according to nature and according to reason . " ( vII . 11 ... action , not for idleness or pleasure . As plants and animals do the uses of their nature , so man must do his . ( v ...
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... actions , among which is the disapprobation of society and the resentment of him who is wronged . But revenge , in the proper sense of that word , must not be practised . " The best way of avenging thyself , " says the emperor , " is ...
... actions , among which is the disapprobation of society and the resentment of him who is wronged . But revenge , in the proper sense of that word , must not be practised . " The best way of avenging thyself , " says the emperor , " is ...
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