Praxis Græca, Parte21856 |
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Página 267 - Indeed, if we follow my advice, believing the soul to be immortal, and to possess the power of entertaining all evil, as well as all good, we shall ever hold fast the upward road, and devotedly cultivate justice combined with wisdom ; in order that we may be loved by one another and by the gods, not only during our stay on earth, but also when, like conquerors in the games collecting the presents of their admirers, we receive the prizes of virtue ; and, in order that both in this life and during...
Página 263 - I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess; and also because I wanted to see in what manner they would celebrate the festival, which was a new thing. I was delighted with the procession of the inhabitants; but that of the Thracians was equally, if not more, beautiful.
Página 267 - ... to their birth, this way and that, like shooting stars. Er himself was prevented from drinking any of the water; but how, and by what road, he reached his body, he knew not: only he knew that he suddenly opened his eyes at dawn, and found himself laid out upon the funeral-pyre. And thus, Glaucon, the tale was preserved, and did not perish; and it may also preserve us, if we will listen to its warnings; in which case we shall pass prosperously across the river of Lethe, and not defile our souls....
Página 268 - ... and correspondingly deficient in nautical skill ; and the sailors are quarrelling together about the pilotage, — each of them thinking he has a right to steer the vessel, although up to that moment he has never studied the art, and cannot name his instructor, or the time when he served his apprenticeship...
Página 266 - Greetings passed between all that were known to one another; and those who had descended from heaven were questioned about heaven by those who had risen out of the earth; while the latter were questioned by the former about earth. Those who were come from earth told their tale with lamentations and tears, as they bethought them of all the dreadful things that they had seen and suffered in their subterranean journey, which they said had lasted a thousand years...
Página 268 - should possess any private property, if it can possibly be avoided ; secondly, no one should have a dwelling or storehouse into which all who please may not enter ; whatever necessaries are required by temperate and courageous men, who are trained to war, they should receive by regular appointment from their fellowcitizens, as wages for their services, and the amount should be such as to leave neither a surplus...
Página 196 - Others have much money and ships and horses, but we have good allies whom we must not give up to the Athenians, nor by law-suits and words decide the matter, as it is anything but in word that we are harmed, but render instant and powerful help.
Página 246 - For being altogether vanquished at all points, and having suffered in no one point slightly, they were destroyed, as the saying is, with utter destruction, both army and navy and everything, and only a few out of many returned home.