The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius AntoninusG. Bell, 1901 - 216 pages |
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... direct to the east from the German war . His wife Faustina who accompanied him into Asia died suddenly at the foot of the Taurus to the great grief of her husband . Capitolinus , who has written the life of Antoninus , and also Dion ...
... direct to the east from the German war . His wife Faustina who accompanied him into Asia died suddenly at the foot of the Taurus to the great grief of her husband . Capitolinus , who has written the life of Antoninus , and also Dion ...
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... direct answer in Antoninus to the ob- jections which may be made to the existence and providence of God because of the moral disorder and suffering which are in the world , except this answer which he makes in reply to the supposition ...
... direct answer in Antoninus to the ob- jections which may be made to the existence and providence of God because of the moral disorder and suffering which are in the world , except this answer which he makes in reply to the supposition ...
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... direct his life and actions with reference to those among whom , and for whom , among other purposes , he lives.18 A man must not retire into solitude and cut himself off from his fellow men . He must be ever active to do his part in ...
... direct his life and actions with reference to those among whom , and for whom , among other purposes , he lives.18 A man must not retire into solitude and cut himself off from his fellow men . He must be ever active to do his part in ...
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... direct all his energies to it ; of course a good object . ( 11.7 . ) He who has not one object or purpose of life , cannot be one and the same all through his life . ( XI . 21. ) Bacon has a remark to the same effect , on the best means ...
... direct all his energies to it ; of course a good object . ( 11.7 . ) He who has not one object or purpose of life , cannot be one and the same all through his life . ( XI . 21. ) Bacon has a remark to the same effect , on the best means ...
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... direct object of a Stoic's life . There is no rule of life contained in the precept that a man should pursue his own happiness . Many men think that they are seeking happiness when they are only seeking the gratification of some ...
... direct object of a Stoic's life . There is no rule of life contained in the precept that a man should pursue his own happiness . Many men think that they are seeking happiness when they are only seeking the gratification of some ...
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2nd Edition according to nature Antoninus Pius Apology art thou Avidius Cassius body Christians Commodus conformable consider constitution death deity Dion Cassius divinity dost thou Edited by Temple emperor English Engravings Epictetus Eusebius evil exist G. A. Aitken Gataker give gods Greek Hadrian happens to thee harm Heraclitus History Illustrations intelligence Julius Cæsar justice Justinus kind let thy letter look manner matter meaning Melitene notion observe opinion Orosius pain passage philosophy Plato pleasure Portraits praise principles Quadi rational animal reason religion Rescript Roman ruling faculty says shavings and cuttings social Socrates soul speaks Stoic substance Temple Scott things thou art thou didst thou dost thou hast thou shalt thou shouldst thou wilt thou wish thy mind thy power thyself tion Trajan Trans Translated truth universal nature Verus virtue whole wickedness William Hazlitt Woodcuts word wouldst wrong Zeus
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