 An Athenian citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own household ; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs not as a harmless,...  Present Day Papers - Page 2841901Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller, Benjamin Dean Meritt, Tenney Frank, Harold Fredrik Cherniss, Henry Thompson Rowell - 1900 - 526 pages
...judge" (Attic Orators, p. 325). 'We alone,' says Perikles in his famous funeral oration (Thuc. II 45), 'regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs,...of us are originators, we are all sound judges of a policy.' What, then, is democracy in the definition of the Greeks ? In Thuc. II 37, Perikles thus... | |
 | 1881 - 534 pages
...own household ; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public...of us are originators, we are all sound judges of a policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion, not discussion, but the want of that knowledge... | |
 | Thucydides - 1881 - 316 pages
...our labouring classes 3 have a competent knowledge of politics ; indeed, we are the only Greeks who regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as one who only minds his own business,4 but as a man unfit for any business at all. If we, the people... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...own household ; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public...of us are originators, we are all sound judges of a policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion, not discussion, but the want of that knowledge... | |
 | Thucydides - 1883 - 732 pages
...man who takes no £"nefr™s the interest in public affairs, not as a harmless, but as a ofUfreeIiom. useless character ; and if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges of a policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion, not discussion, but the want of that knowledge... | |
 | George Park Fisher - 1885 - 790 pages
...a very fair idea of politics. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as harmless, but as a useless character; and, if few...are originators, we are all sound judges of policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion, not discussion, but the want of that knowledge which... | |
 | George Park Fisher - 1885 - 810 pages
...fair idea of politics. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as hannless, but as a useless character; and, if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges of policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion, not discussion, but the want of that knowledge which... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes - 1885 - 612 pages
...household ; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We aloue regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as a harmless but as a useless character. . . . " To sum up : I say that Athens is the school of Hellas, and that the individual Athenian in... | |
 | George Park Fisher - 1885 - 786 pages
...a very fair idea of politics. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as harmless, but as a useless character; and, if few of us are originators, we arc all sound judges of policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion, not discussion,... | |
 | George Park Fisher - 1885 - 788 pages
...own household, and even those of us who arc engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as harmless, but as a useless character; and, if few of us are originators, we arc all sound judges of... | |
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