Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragment in Diels, Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker |
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... wish , and may I wish what I ought , avoiding divine wrath , shunning human envy ! For the courage these men possessed was divine , and the mortal part ( alone ) was human . Often , indeed , they preferred mild reasonableness to harsh ...
... wish , and may I wish what I ought , avoiding divine wrath , shunning human envy ! For the courage these men possessed was divine , and the mortal part ( alone ) was human . Often , indeed , they preferred mild reasonableness to harsh ...
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... wishes he may get what he does not wish , is wiser . For his fear means hesitation , and his hesitation means an interval in which often his mind is deflected from his purpose . There can be no reversal of a thing that has happened : it ...
... wishes he may get what he does not wish , is wiser . For his fear means hesitation , and his hesitation means an interval in which often his mind is deflected from his purpose . There can be no reversal of a thing that has happened : it ...
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... wish to win none of these : I would choose to have a reputation of fair fame . ( From ' Peirithous ' ) 15a . ( New fragments discovered at Oxyrhynchus : ' Peirithôus " ) : ( On Ixion ) : Divine madness sent Atê . He had a cloud for wife ...
... wish to win none of these : I would choose to have a reputation of fair fame . ( From ' Peirithous ' ) 15a . ( New fragments discovered at Oxyrhynchus : ' Peirithôus " ) : ( On Ixion ) : Divine madness sent Atê . He had a cloud for wife ...
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