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XXI Let death and exile , and all other things which appear terrible , be daily before your eyes , but death chiefly ; and you will never entertain an abject thought , nor too eagerly covet anything . XXII If you have an earnest desire ...
XXI Let death and exile , and all other things which appear terrible , be daily before your eyes , but death chiefly ; and you will never entertain an abject thought , nor too eagerly covet anything . XXII If you have an earnest desire ...
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It is not necessary for you to appear often at public spectacles ; but if ever there is a proper occasion for you to be there , do not appear more solicitous for any other than for yourself — that is , wish things to be only just as ...
It is not necessary for you to appear often at public spectacles ; but if ever there is a proper occasion for you to be there , do not appear more solicitous for any other than for yourself — that is , wish things to be only just as ...
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... give men pleasure , they begin to adorn themselves , and in that to place all their hopes . It is worth while , therefore , to try that they may perceive themselves honored only so far as they appear beautiful in their demeanor and ...
... give men pleasure , they begin to adorn themselves , and in that to place all their hopes . It is worth while , therefore , to try that they may perceive themselves honored only so far as they appear beautiful in their demeanor and ...
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| Title | Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essays Volume 10 of Gateway to the Great Books, Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Editors | Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler |
| Publisher | Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 |
| Length | 644 pages |
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