 What prepossession, what blindness must it be to compare the son of Sophronicus to the son of Mary! What an infinite disproportion there is between them ! Socrates dying without pain or ignominy, easily supported his character to the last; and if his...  The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter - Page 161868Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Frederick Smith - 1811 - 274 pages
...there is between them ! Socrates, dying without pain or ignominy, easily supported his character to the last ; and if his death, however easy, had not crowned...doubted whether Socrates, with all his wisdom, was any thing more than a vain sophist. He invented, it is said, the theory of morals : — others, however,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...there between them ! Socrates, dying without pain or ignominy, easily supported his character to the last; and if his death, however easy, had not crowned...doubted whether Socrates, with all his wisdom, was any thing more than a vain sophist. He invented, it is said, the theory of morals. Others, however,... | |
 | 1835 - 612 pages
...there is between them ! Socrates dying without pain or ignominy, easily supported his character to the last : and if his death, however easy, had not crowned...had before put them in practice ; he had only to say what they had done, and reduce their examples to precepts. Aiistides had been just, before Socrates... | |
 | David Bogue - 1817 - 290 pages
...ccmpafs of human litera. eafily fuf ported bis ckarafier to tie hft ; aiid if his death, however eafy had not crowned his life, it might have been doubted whether Socrates, 'with all his wifdom, was any thing more than a vain fophift. He invented, it is faid, the theory tof morals. Others,... | |
 | Rees PRICHARD, Rhys Prichard - 1821 - 310 pages
...between,tbem? Socrates, dying without pain or ignominy, easily supported his character to the last; and if iiis death, however 'easy, had* not crowned his life; It...doubted whether Socrates, with all' his wisdom, was any thing more than a vain sophist. He invented, it, is said, the theory of 'morals. Others, however,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 684 pages
...there between them ! Socrates, dying without pain or ignominy, easily supported his character to the last ; and if his death, however easy, had not crowned...doubted whether Socrates, with all his wisdom, was any thing more than a vain sophist. He invented, it is said, the theory of morals. Others, however,... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 972 pages
...is between them ! Socrates, 'lying without pain or ignominy, easily supported his character to the % % $ any thing more than a vain sophist. He invented, il is said, the theory of morals. Others, however,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 682 pages
...there between them ! Socrates, dying without pain or ignominy, easily supported his character to the last ; and if his death, however easy, had not crowned...doubted whether Socrates, with all his wisdom, was any thing more than a vain sophist. He invented, it is said, the theory of morals. Others, however,... | |
 | John Samuel Thompson - 1826 - 292 pages
...dying without pain or ignominy, easily supported his character to the last; and if his death, hovvever easy, had not crowned his life, it might have been...doubted whether Socrates, with all his wisdom, was any thing more than a vain sophist. He invented, it is said, the theory of morals. Others, however,... | |
 | David Pickering - 1830 - 228 pages
...them ! Socrates, dying without pains or ignominy, easily supported his character to the last ; but if his death , however easy, had not crowned his life,...doubted whether Socrates, with all his wisdom, was any thing more than a vain sophist. * See his Works, vol. iv. pp. 281, 282, 294, 301, 302,304, 316,349.... | |
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