The Works of Plato Abridg'd: With an Account of His Life ... Together with a Translation of His Choicest Dialogues.... Illustrated with Notes, Volume 1A. Bell, 1701 |
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Page 247 - And when will that time come, Socrates ? and who is he that will instruct me ? With what pleasure should I look to him ?' To which Socrates replies, ' He will do it who takes care of you.
Page 248 - To which he replies, he will do it who takes a true care of you. But methinks, as we read in Homer, that Minerva dissipated the mist that covered...
Page 4 - That there is nothing solid and substantial but piety ; that this is the source of virtues, and that it is the gift of God. " That it is better to die than to sin. " That we ought to be continually learning to die, and yet to endure life in obedience to God.
Page 5 - God, who alone is our health and life ; and that while we live in this world we are surrounded by enemies, and have a continual combat to endure, which requires, on our part, resistance without intermission ; and that we cannot conquer unless God or angels come to our help.
Page 5 - That self-love produces that discord and division which reign among men, and is the cause of their sins ; that the love of our neighbours, which proceeds from the love of God, as its principle, produces that sacred union which makes families, republics, and kingdoms happy.
Page 213 - which ufes a thing," faid my ingenious friend, " is different from " the thing which is ufed, as a flioc" maker who ufes knives, and lafts, " and other tools, cuts with his " knife, and is different from the " knife with which he cuts; fo a " man is a different thing from his
Page 5 - That it is better to die than to sin. '"That it is better to suffer wrong than to do it. '"That the "Word" ([Greek: Logos]) formed the world, and rendered it visible; that the knowledge of the Word makes us live very happily here below, and that thereby we obtain felicity after death. '"That the soul is immortal, that the dead shall rise again, that there shall be a final judgment— both of the righteous and of the wicked, when men shall appear only with their virtues or vices, which shall be the...
Page 192 - Thus they who are under this last sort of ignorance, never commit any fault, because they leave to others the care of such things as they know not how to do themselves.
Page 247 - And it is neceflary you mould wait for fome perfon to teach you how you ' '' ' ought to behave yourfelf, both towards the gods and ,„ men." To which Alcibiades faid, " And when will that time come, Socrates? and who...
Page 91 - ... all things by his providence; He is in all places, and no place can contain Him. He is in all...