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... Subject 111 Chap . XXVI . - What the Law of Life is 117 Chap . XXVII - Of the several Appearances to the Mind : and what Remedies are to be provided for them Chap . XXVIII . - That we are not to be angry with Man- kind . What Things are ...
... Subject 111 Chap . XXVI . - What the Law of Life is 117 Chap . XXVII - Of the several Appearances to the Mind : and what Remedies are to be provided for them Chap . XXVIII . - That we are not to be angry with Man- kind . What Things are ...
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... Χρύσιππος αποβλήτην , Κλεανθης δε αναποβλήτην · ὁ μεν , αποβλήτην δια μέθην και μελαγχολίαν · ὁ δε , 8 αναποβλήτην , δια βεβαιες καταλήψεις . DIOG . LAERT . in ZENO . Nam § . 7. The Subjects of these several Φαντασίας . 2 INTRODUCTION .
... Χρύσιππος αποβλήτην , Κλεανθης δε αναποβλήτην · ὁ μεν , αποβλήτην δια μέθην και μελαγχολίαν · ὁ δε , 8 αναποβλήτην , δια βεβαιες καταλήψεις . DIOG . LAERT . in ZENO . Nam § . 7. The Subjects of these several Φαντασίας . 2 INTRODUCTION .
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... Subjects of these several Φαντασίας . Classes of philosophic Exercise are , the Appearances of things . By these Appearances the Stoics understood the Impressions † made on the Soul , by any Objects , presented either to the Senses , or ...
... Subjects of these several Φαντασίας . Classes of philosophic Exercise are , the Appearances of things . By these Appearances the Stoics understood the Impressions † made on the Soul , by any Objects , presented either to the Senses , or ...
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... Subject , for which no human Language can supply proper and adequate Terms . The Writings of the first Founders of the Stoic Philosophy , who treated expressly on Physiology and Metaphysics , are now lost : and all that can be known of ...
... Subject , for which no human Language can supply proper and adequate Terms . The Writings of the first Founders of the Stoic Philosophy , who treated expressly on Physiology and Metaphysics , are now lost : and all that can be known of ...
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... subject to Fate , which it must be owned they sometimes do in a very strong and unguarded manner , their Meaning seems to be , that his own eternal Will is his Law that he cannot change ; because He al- ways ordains what is best + : and ...
... subject to Fate , which it must be owned they sometimes do in a very strong and unguarded manner , their Meaning seems to be , that his own eternal Will is his Law that he cannot change ; because He al- ways ordains what is best + : and ...
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Page 310 - tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. The good man may be weak, be indolent; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content.
Page 310 - God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son...
Page 310 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.
Page 78 - ... the Deity, and rehearse his benefits ? Ought we not, whether we dig, or plough, or eat, to sing this hymn to God ? Great is God, who has supplied us with these instruments to till the ground ; great is God, who has given us hands and organs of digestion ; who has given us to grow insensibly, to breathe in sleep.
Page 72 - When, then, you have shut the doors and made darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not; but God is within, and your Demon is within, and what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
Page 69 - If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me, what then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb, make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Page 310 - Doth it pass by you? Do not stop it. Is it not yet come? Do not stretch forth your desire towards it, but wait till it reaches you. Thus do with regard to children, to a wife, to public posts, to riches, and you will be, some time or other, a worthy partner of the feasts of the gods.
Page 310 - ... in your way, but your thoughts ought to be bent towards the ship, and perpetually attentive lest the captain should call, and then you must leave all these things, that you may not...
Page 310 - Remember that thou art an actor in a play of such a kind as the teacher (author) may choose; if short, of a short one; if long, of a long one: if he wishes you to act the part of a poor man, see that you act the part naturally; if the part of a lame man, of a magistrate, of a private person, (do the same). For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part, belongs to another.
Page 345 - As it is better to lie straitened for room upon a little couch in health, than to toss upon a wide bed in sickness, so it is better to contract yourself within the compass of a small fortune and be happy, than to have a great one and be wretched.