But no action, considered in itself alone, is either good or bad (as we pointed out in the preface to Pt. IV.), one and the same action being sometimes good, sometimes bad; wherefore to the action which is sometimes bad, or arises from some evil emotion, we may be led by reason (IV. xix.).
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza
Note 632 ( return ) [ II. x. 535.]
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius
Footnote 15: (return) Isaiah xl. 19, 20, and xli.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis
For them a lower depth is reserved ( Inf. xviii.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Proof.—When a man loves something similar to himself, he endeavours, as far as he can, to bring it about that he should be loved thereby in return (III. xxxiii.).
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza
We read in Xenophon a law forbidding any one who was master of a horse to travel on foot.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne
] Note 71 ( return ) [ "Il." xviii, 344-349.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer
If, therefore, we form a clear and distinct idea of a given emotion, that idea will only be distinguished from the emotion, in so far as it is referred to the mind only, by reason (II. xxi., and note); therefore (III. iii.), the emotion will cease to be a passion.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza
Proof.—For whatsoever causes men to live together in harmony also causes them to live according to reason (IV. xxxv.), and is therefore (IV. xxvi.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza
37 ; tries to force the Iberians to adopt the Persian religion, I. xii.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius
[179] Richa, III., xxxiii.
— from Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of
26 Zerboule, fortress on Mt. Aurasium, IV. xix. 19 , 20 ; besieged by the Romans, IV. xix.
— from History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War by Procopius
Hence, such prophetic utterances as "Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness" (Isa. xxxii.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
De republica , I, xiv (21-22), Keyes' translation.
— from On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass by Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla) Price
See Myth, Ritual, and Religion , i. xx-xxxix, 1899.
— from Magic and Religion by Andrew Lang
18, xx. 16, repeated in xxvii.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs by Robert F. (Robert Forman) Horton
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