The Last Days and Fall of Palmyra: Being Letters of Lucius M. Piso to His Friend, Marcus Curtius, at RomeCassell, 1885 - 382 páginas |
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... philosophy well enough for man's enjoyment of the passing hour , but it fatally obstructs , it appears to me , the way of improvement . For my own part , though I am no philosopher , yet I hold to this that whatever our reason proves to ...
... philosophy well enough for man's enjoyment of the passing hour , but it fatally obstructs , it appears to me , the way of improvement . For my own part , though I am no philosopher , yet I hold to this that whatever our reason proves to ...
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... philosophy of Plato as the guide of life , that it requires minds of the very highest order to receive it ? Philosophy , me- thinks , should be something of such potency , yet , at the same time , of such simplicity , that it should not ...
... philosophy of Plato as the guide of life , that it requires minds of the very highest order to receive it ? Philosophy , me- thinks , should be something of such potency , yet , at the same time , of such simplicity , that it should not ...
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... philosophy when once an inmate of the soul ; I only assert the difficulty of receiving it on the part of the common mind . ” “ And the common mind has nothing to do , " replied the Greek , " with Plato or his wisdom . They are for minds ...
... philosophy when once an inmate of the soul ; I only assert the difficulty of receiving it on the part of the common mind . ” “ And the common mind has nothing to do , " replied the Greek , " with Plato or his wisdom . They are for minds ...
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already Antiochus arms army Aurelian beauty behold believe brother Cæsar Calpurnius captivity Carthage Christian countenance cried Ctesiphon Curtius death Demetrius desert divine doctrine doubt dromedary dwell east Ecbatana Emesa emperor empire faith Fausta fear feel fell friends Gallienus gates glory gods Gracchus Greek Hadad hand happy head hear heard heart honour hope Hormisdas horse immortality Isaac kingdom lance letter live Livia Longinus look Lucius Lucius Piso manner Milo mind never noble numbers Odenatus once Otho palace Palmyra Palmyrene passed Persian philosopher Piso plain Plato pleasure Portico prince Princess Julia Probus queen reign religion replied Roman Rome ruin Sapor scene seat seemed seen slave soldiers soon soul spirit stood streets sure tell thee things thou thought throne towers trust truth turned Vabalathus Valerian voice walls whole woman words Zabdas Zenobia