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Page 87
... course knows the disposition and nature of us all , because his nature is to perceive the mind rather than the body . He does not wait till violence is in the hands , impudence in the voice , and licentiousness in the sexual organs ...
... course knows the disposition and nature of us all , because his nature is to perceive the mind rather than the body . He does not wait till violence is in the hands , impudence in the voice , and licentiousness in the sexual organs ...
Page 93
... course perfectly natural . In their social aspect , love and marriage are indeed special sorts of philia . This is a wider concept than the English ' friendship ' . On the one hand it denotes any kind of affinity or close association ...
... course perfectly natural . In their social aspect , love and marriage are indeed special sorts of philia . This is a wider concept than the English ' friendship ' . On the one hand it denotes any kind of affinity or close association ...
Page 108
... course much more elementary . Plutarch both incorporates more his- torical fact ( it would be impossible for him to leave out the earlier part of Alcibiades ' political career , even though he found it difficult to be precise about its ...
... course much more elementary . Plutarch both incorporates more his- torical fact ( it would be impossible for him to leave out the earlier part of Alcibiades ' political career , even though he found it difficult to be precise about its ...
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