The Republic of Plato

Ön Kapak
Methuen, 1906 - 243 sayfa
 

Seçilmiş sayfalar

Diğer baskılar - Tümünü görüntüle

Sık kullanılan terimler ve kelime öbekleri

Popüler pasajlar

Sayfa 205 - I should have no objection to define reason with Jacobi and with his friend Hemsterhuis, as an organ bearing the same relation to spiritual objects, the universal, the eternal, and the necessary, as the eye bears to material and contingent phenomena. But then it must be added, that it is an organ identical with its appropriate objects. Thus, God, the soul, eternal truth, &c., are the objects of reason; but they are themselves reason. We name God the Supreme Reason; and Milton says, — — whence...
Sayfa 196 - I dare say you will remember, who listened to sweet sounds [480] and gazed upon fair colours, but would not tolerate the existence of absolute beauty. Yes, I remember. Shall we then be guilty of any impropriety in calling them lovers of opinion rather than lovers of wisdom, and will they be very angry with us for thus describing them? I shall tell them not to be angry; no man should be angry at what is true.
Sayfa 235 - I have it, he replied. Also figure to yourself a number of persons walking behind this wall, and carrying with them statues of men, and 515 images of other animals, wrought in wood and stone and all kinds of materials, together with various other articles, which overtop the wall ; and, as you might expect, let some of the passers-by be talking, and others silent. You are describing a strange scene, and strange prisoners.
Sayfa 123 - The introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperilling the whole state, since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.
Sayfa 55 - From these considerations it follows, that all things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.

Kaynakça bilgileri