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Why do the gods find pleasure in our lives , and how can we so live as to become
ourselves divine ? These questions Epictetus answered very simply , and at least
as satisfactorily as they have been answered by any one else . To him there is ...
Why do the gods find pleasure in our lives , and how can we so live as to become
ourselves divine ? These questions Epictetus answered very simply , and at least
as satisfactorily as they have been answered by any one else . To him there is ...
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... or old ones either , can get rid of the perpetual self - consciousness which
shuts out the influx of such varied knowledge of the realities of things as Felltham
shows in his “ Resolves , Divine , Moral , and Political , ” — a work written , it is
said ...
... or old ones either , can get rid of the perpetual self - consciousness which
shuts out the influx of such varied knowledge of the realities of things as Felltham
shows in his “ Resolves , Divine , Moral , and Political , ” — a work written , it is
said ...
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From « Resolves , Divine , Moral , and Political . » OF IDLE BOOKS DLE books
are the licensed follies of the age . Some are simple ; I and these , though they
render the author ridiculous , seldom hurt the reader more than by loss of time ;
for ...
From « Resolves , Divine , Moral , and Political . » OF IDLE BOOKS DLE books
are the licensed follies of the age . Some are simple ; I and these , though they
render the author ridiculous , seldom hurt the reader more than by loss of time ;
for ...
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From « Resolves , Divine , Moral , and Political . » OF VIOLENCE AND
EAGERNESS THE too eager pursuit of a thing hinders enjoyment ; for it I makes
men take indirect ways , which , though they sometimes prosper , are never
blessed .
From « Resolves , Divine , Moral , and Political . » OF VIOLENCE AND
EAGERNESS THE too eager pursuit of a thing hinders enjoyment ; for it I makes
men take indirect ways , which , though they sometimes prosper , are never
blessed .
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From « Resolves , Divine , Moral , and Political . ” THAT SUFFERANCE
CAUSETH LOVE IN NOBLE natures , I never found it fail that those , who suffered
for them , they ever greatly loved . Nothing indeed attaches us more strongly to
our friend ...
From « Resolves , Divine , Moral , and Political . ” THAT SUFFERANCE
CAUSETH LOVE IN NOBLE natures , I never found it fail that those , who suffered
for them , they ever greatly loved . Nothing indeed attaches us more strongly to
our friend ...
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| Título | The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen5 The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, David Josiah Brewer |
| Autor | David Josiah Brewer |
| Editores | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler |
| Editor | F. P. Kaiser, 1900 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Indiana |
| Digitalizado | 15 Jul. 2010 |
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