A History of Western Philosophy
Except for adventurous self-seekers, there was no longer any incentive to take an interest in public affairs. After the brillian ...
The old civic spirit more or less survived in the old Greek cities, but not in the new cities founded by Alexander--not exceptin ...
cities formed a strong political unit. This was convenient from the standpoint of the king's government, but a weakness from the ...
are inimical to the prosaic every-day virtues of respectable citizens. There seems no use in thrift, when tomorrow all your savi ...
be welcomed, and not disliking the world in which they found themselves even if it remained unreformed. At other times they have ...
in certain moods, condemned the world of appearance and sought escape in mysticism, had practical plans for turning the governin ...
philosophy he held to be worthless; what could be known, could be known by the plain man. He believed in the "return to nature," ...
taken up by the Stoics, but they did not follow him in rejecting the amenities of civilization. He considered that Prometheus wa ...
"You give liberally and I take valiantly from you, neither grovelling nor demeaning myself basely nor grumbling." * A very conve ...
was in fact unattainable. Scepticism was a lazy man's consolation, since it showed the ignorant to be as wise as the reputed men ...
ment, and no statement can be so closely linked to the phenomenon as to be incapable of falsehood. For the same reason, he would ...
in fact, none seem to have learnt anything except cleverness and indifference to truth. So great was the influence of Arcesilaus ...
" Cato put out of the Senate also, one Manilius, who was in great towardness to have been made Consul the next year following, o ...
perialistic, ruthless, and stupid. He failed, however; later Romans, while retaining many of his vices, adopted those of Carnead ...
as existing and offer worship to the Gods and say that they exercise providence, but in saying this we express no belief, and av ...
* The Greek Atomists and Epicurus, by Cyril Bailey, Oxford 1928, p. 221. Mr. Bailey has made a specialty of Epicurus, and his bo ...
not practise that dignity and reserve in the expression of the emotions that was expected of ancient philosophers; his letters a ...
ophers, especially those to whom he might be considered indebted. "I suppose," he says, "that these grumblers will believe me to ...
more control over mental than over physical pleasures. "Virtue, unless it means "prudence in the pursuit of pleasure," is an emp ...
envy him and therefore wish to do him injury. Even if he escapes outward misfortune, peace of mind is impossible in such a situa ...
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