 It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies,...  Select British Classics - Página 461803Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 páginas
...in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit...these my speculations to all well-regulated families, and set apart an hour in every morning for tea and bread and butter; and would earnestly advise them... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 332 páginas
...Socrates was said to have brought philosophy down from heaven to inhabit among men : ' And 1,' says he, ' shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses.' Learning has been divested of the peculiarities of a college dress, that she might mix in polite assemblies,... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 páginas
...Let us take another example : It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from heaven 10 inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have...dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in cofiec-houses. Spectator, JVo. 10. When this sentence is properly read, every ear will perceive a peculiar... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 páginas
...have passed from age to age to our own days. Let us take another example : It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses. Spectator, N° 10. When this sentence is properly read, every ear will perceive a peculiar harmony... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 450 páginas
...in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit...and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at teatable, and in coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular manner recommendthese my speculations... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 636 páginas
...Socrates was said to have brought philosophy ^down from heaven to inhabit among men : ' And I,' says he, ' shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses.' But this purpose has in some measure been defeated by its success ; and we have been driven from one... | |
 | 1823 - 298 páginas
...Socrates was said to have brought philosophy down from heaven to inhabit among men : " And I," says he, " shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have...dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables, and coffee-houses." But this purpose has in some measure been defeated by its success ; and we have been... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 372 páginas
...that they began by their labours to amuse and instruct the world; and by their writings ' to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses;'— to issue from the press those precepts that have Taller b so eminently tertded to eplighten and adorn... | |
 | 1823 - 406 páginas
...in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and 1 shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries,... | |
 | 1832 - 406 páginas
...will be remembered as long as the English language endure*. The object of these writers was " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...to dwell in clubs and assemblies^ at tea-tables and at coffee-houses." They aimed at refining the mass of idle and ignorant people who then constituted... | |
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