Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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Page 15
... light ? " he answered , “ Not I , by Zeus , for I look upon the theatre as only a large supper party . " Very similar to this was the behaviour of Archytas of Tarentum and Plato . The former , on his return from war , where he had been ...
... light ? " he answered , “ Not I , by Zeus , for I look upon the theatre as only a large supper party . " Very similar to this was the behaviour of Archytas of Tarentum and Plato . The former , on his return from war , where he had been ...
Page 26
... light of day being kneaded with blood , and full of defilement , and like one killed rather than born : which no one would touch , or lift up , or kiss , or embrace , but from natural affection . And that is why all the animals have ...
... light of day being kneaded with blood , and full of defilement , and like one killed rather than born : which no one would touch , or lift up , or kiss , or embrace , but from natural affection . And that is why all the animals have ...
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... light of day and open intercourse , and to restrict him to brothels and philtres and incantations of wanton women : for to chaste women , I am sure , it belongs not either to love or be loved . " At this point our father told me he ...
... light of day and open intercourse , and to restrict him to brothels and philtres and incantations of wanton women : for to chaste women , I am sure , it belongs not either to love or be loved . " At this point our father told me he ...
Page 53
... lights upon the truth , in saying that lovers have a return from Hades to the light of day , but it knows not by what way or how , having as it were got benighted on the road which Plato first discovered by philosophy . There are ...
... lights upon the truth , in saying that lovers have a return from Hades to the light of day , but it knows not by what way or how , having as it were got benighted on the road which Plato first discovered by philosophy . There are ...
Page 54
... light in a house , they look on it with admiration and wonder ; but if they see a little , mean , and ignoble soul suddenly filled with noble - mindedness , freedom , dignity , grace , and liberality , they do not feel constrained to ...
... light in a house , they look on it with admiration and wonder ; but if they see a little , mean , and ignoble soul suddenly filled with noble - mindedness , freedom , dignity , grace , and liberality , they do not feel constrained to ...
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