 I will endeavour to explain. For I deem that the true votary of philosophy is likely to be misunderstood by other men; they do not perceive that he is always pursuing death and dying; and if this be so, and he has had the desire of death all his life...  Making Sense of Dying and Death - Page 209edited by - 2004 - 229 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Plato - 1892 - 594 pages
...to be misunderstood by other men ; they do not perceive that he is always pursuing death and dying ; and if this be so, and he has had the desire of death...his time comes should he repine at that which he has been always pursuing and desiring? Simmias said laughingly: Though not in a laughing humour, you have... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Fiction - 1913 - 376 pages
...to be misunderstood by other men; they do not perceive that he is always pursuing death and dying; and if this be so, and he has had the desire of death...his time comes should he repine at that which he has been always pursuing and desiring ? " Plato goes on to show that life is best when it is most freed... | |
 | Plato - 1924 - 596 pages
...; they do not perceive that he is always pursuing death and dying ; and if this be so, and he lias had the desire of death all his life long, why when...his time comes should he repine at that which he has been always pursuing and desiring ? Simmias said laughingly: Though not in a laughirig humour, you... | |
 | Plato - Philosophy, Ancient - 1927 - 508 pages
...to be misunderstood by other men; they do not perceive that he is always pursuing death and dying; and if this be so, and he has had the desire of death...his time comes should he repine at that which he has been always pursuing and desiring. Simmias said laughingly: Though not in a laughing humour, you have... | |
 | Hunter Brown, Leonard A. Kennedy - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 660 pages
...to be misunderstood by other men; they do not perceive that he is always pursuing death and dying; and if this be so, and he has had the desire of death...all his life long, why when his time comes should he fear what he has always been pursuing? Is not death the separation of soul and body? And to be dead... | |
 | John Davidson - Christian literature, Early - 2005 - 1096 pages
...is about to die, and that after death he may hope to attain the greatest good in the other world.... For I deem that the true votary of philosophy is likely...his time comes should he repine at that which he has been pursuing and desiring? Socrates (Plato), Phaedo 63e-64a, DPIp.414 Socrates thus distinguishes... | |
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