The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius AntoninusG. Bell, 1901 - 216 pages |
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... ruling faculty ( rò yeμovikóv ) , which Cicero ( De Natura Deorum , II . 11 ) renders by the Latin word Prin- cipatus , " to which nothing can or ought to be superior . " Antoninus often uses this term , and others which are equiva ...
... ruling faculty ( rò yeμovikóv ) , which Cicero ( De Natura Deorum , II . 11 ) renders by the Latin word Prin- cipatus , " to which nothing can or ought to be superior . " Antoninus often uses this term , and others which are equiva ...
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... ruling principle holding fast to these things go straight on and it has what is its own . " ( VII . 55. ) The emperor selects justice as the virtue which is the basis of all the rest ( x . 11 ) , and this had been said long before his ...
... ruling principle holding fast to these things go straight on and it has what is its own . " ( VII . 55. ) The emperor selects justice as the virtue which is the basis of all the rest ( x . 11 ) , and this had been said long before his ...
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... ruling part . Throw away thy books ; no longer distract thyself : it is not allowed ; but as if thou wast now dying , despise the flesh ; it is blood and bones and a net- work , a contexture of nerves , veins , and arteries . See the ...
... ruling part . Throw away thy books ; no longer distract thyself : it is not allowed ; but as if thou wast now dying , despise the flesh ; it is blood and bones and a net- work , a contexture of nerves , veins , and arteries . See the ...
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... ruling power . We ought then to check in the series of our thoughts everything that is without a purpose and useless , but most of all the overcurious feeling and the malignant ; and a man should use himself to think of those things ...
... ruling power . We ought then to check in the series of our thoughts everything that is without a purpose and useless , but most of all the overcurious feeling and the malignant ; and a man should use himself to think of those things ...
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... ruling part any opinion inconsistent with nature and the constitution of the rational animal . And this faculty promises freedom from hasty judgment , and friendship towards men , and obedience to the gods . 10. Throwing away then all ...
... ruling part any opinion inconsistent with nature and the constitution of the rational animal . And this faculty promises freedom from hasty judgment , and friendship towards men , and obedience to the gods . 10. Throwing away then all ...
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