| Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 pagine
...to think that we are placed here to ■wstata. "Otis. growth of plants, or the motions of the stars. Socrates was rather of opinion that what we had to learn was how to do good and avoid evil ; — "Orrt rot £v peyapouji kclk6v t' &yad6v re t4t\}kto.i? Of institutions we may judge by their... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1896 - 474 pagine
...upon life; but the innovators whom I oppose are turning off attention from life to nature. They seem to think that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants, or the motions of the stars. .Socrates was rather of opinion that what we had to learn was, how to do good and avoid evil.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 206 pagine
...upon life; but the innovators whom I oppose are turning off attention from life to nature. They seem to think, that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants, or the motions of the stars. Socrates was rather of opinion, that what •we had to learn was, how to do good, and avoid... | |
| Oscar Israel Woodley, Myra Soper Woodley, George Rice Carpenter - 1902 - 186 pagine
...To every poet, to every writer, we might say, Be true, if you would be believed. 7. Socrates taught that what we had to learn was how to do good and avoid evil. 8. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten. 9. 'Tis easy now... | |
| Oscar Israel Woodley, Myra Soper Woodley, George Rice Carpenter - 1902 - 186 pagine
...To every poet, to every writer, we might say, Be true, if you would be believed. 7. Socrates taught that what we had to learn was how to do good and avoid evil. 8. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten. 9. 'Tis easy now... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1907 - 172 pagine
...upon life; but the innovators whom I oppose are turning off attention from life to nature. They seem to think that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants, or the motions of the stars. Socrates was rather of opinion that what we had to learn was 30 how to do good and avoid evil.... | |
| Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1910 - 210 pagine
...over-estimated the power of direct moral teaching. He speaks slightingly of the innovators who ' seem to think that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants, or the motions of the stars. Socrates was rather of opinion that what we had to learn was, how to do good and avoid evil'.... | |
| Annie Barnett, Lucy Dale - 1911 - 488 pagine
...upon life; but the innovators whom I oppose are turning off attention from life to nature. They seem to think that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants or the motions of the stars; Socrates was rather of opinion, that what we had to learn was how to do good and avoid evil.... | |
| Stephen Coleridge - 1920 - 120 pagine
...innovators whom I oppose," he concludes, "are turning off attention from life to nature. They seem to think that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants, or the motions of the stars. Socrates was rather of opinion that what we had to learn was how to do good and avoid evil."... | |
| Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 346 pagine
...to think that we are placed here to watch i lu- i;n>\\ th »>t I'l.mts, or the motion of the stars. Socrates was rather of opinion that what we had to learn was how to do good and avoid evil." * These words ought to bring comfort to the hearts of those who see in modern pragmatic teachings a... | |
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