The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... natural desire , as may be proved by all animals becoming enslaved by it ; as if cowardice , and fear , and all sorts of other passions were not also common to all animals , and yet these are rejected by all who use their reason ...
... natural desire , as may be proved by all animals becoming enslaved by it ; as if cowardice , and fear , and all sorts of other passions were not also common to all animals , and yet these are rejected by all who use their reason ...
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... natural but not necessary , and others neither natural nor necessary , writing thus- " Is not the desire to eat ... nature of man more magnanimous . Accordingly , all those who have honoured pleasure above everything , and who have ...
... natural but not necessary , and others neither natural nor necessary , writing thus- " Is not the desire to eat ... nature of man more magnanimous . Accordingly , all those who have honoured pleasure above everything , and who have ...
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... natural dis- positions . And the city of the Athenians , while it indulged in luxury , was a very great city , and bred very magnanimous men . For they wore purple garments , and were clad in embroidered tunics ; and they bound up their ...
... natural dis- positions . And the city of the Athenians , while it indulged in luxury , was a very great city , and bred very magnanimous men . For they wore purple garments , and were clad in embroidered tunics ; and they bound up their ...
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... natural for people to be who live delicately , and who take great care of their persons . " And all the barbarians who live towards the west , smooth their bodies by rubbing them with pitch , and by shaving them ; and among the ...
... natural for people to be who live delicately , and who take great care of their persons . " And all the barbarians who live towards the west , smooth their bodies by rubbing them with pitch , and by shaving them ; and among the ...
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... natural character of their country , - since there are no harbours on their coasts , and since , in con- sequence , nearly all the produce of the land is consumed by the citizens themselves , and to some extent also an oracle of the God ...
... natural character of their country , - since there are no harbours on their coasts , and since , in con- sequence , nearly all the produce of the land is consumed by the citizens themselves , and to some extent also an oracle of the God ...
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