 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
 | John Cumming - 1853 - 288 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...Socrates, with all his wisdom, was anything more than a mere sophist. He invented, it is said, the theory of morals. Others, however, had before put them in... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...between them ! Socrates dying without pain, and without ignominy, easily supported his character to the last ; and if his death, however easy, had not crowned...Socrates, with all his wisdom, was anything more than a mere sophist. He invented, it is said, the theory of moral science ; others, however, had before him... | |
 | Eli Noyes - 1853 - 386 pages
...disproportion is there between them 1 Socrates, dying without pain or ignomy, 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,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 344 pages
...between them ! Socrates, dying without pain, and without 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 mere sophist. 4. He + invented, it is said, the theory of moral science. Others,... | |
 | Edward A. Rice - 1853 - 326 pages
...ignominy, easily supported to the last his* character; and if this easy death had not cast a lustre upon his life, it might have been doubted whether Socrates, with all his genius, was any thing but a sophist. (Here the Frenchman is characteristically extravagant.) It may... | |
 | John Scott (of Colinsburgh.) - 1854 - 180 pages
...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 only to say, therefore, what they had done, and to reduce their examples to precepts. Aristides had been just before Socrates denned justice ; Leonidas... | |
 | Louisa Payson Hopkins - 1854 - 236 pages
...difference between the two ! Socrates dying without pain, without disgrace, easily sustains his part to tie last; and if his death, however easy, had not crowned...his wisdom, was anything more than a vain sophist. . . . The death of Socrates, peaceably philosophizing with his friends, appears the mildest that could... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 308 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...Socrates, with all his wisdom, was anything more than a mere sophist. He invented, it is said, the theory of morals. Others, however, had before put them in... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1854 - 76 pages
...between them. Socrates dying without pain, and without ignominy, easily supported his character to the last; and if his death, however easy, had not crowned...Socrates, with all his wisdom, was anything more than a mere sophist. He invented, it is said, the theory of moral science; others, however, had before him... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 316 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...Socrates, with all his wisdom, was anything more than a mere sophist. He invented, it is said, the theory of morals. Others, however, had before put them in... | |
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