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... upon those innumerable knowledges, those secrets of nature and physi- cal philosophy which Homer is generally supposed to have wrapped up in his alle... ...geniously observed by Grote, vol i p. 463, that “The gods formed a sort of political community of their own which had its hierarchy, its distribution ...

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...t, his smile, the shedding of his rose-leaves, in short by his in- fantile philosophy. He imitates so well the language of our early youth that he lea... ...ure in a tightly buttoned frock-coat, with the air of a diplo- mat seeking political influence, smelling of the musk of aris- tocracy, full of pretens... ...never ceased tooting its one little tune.” Canalis’s ambition was to enter political life, and he made capital of a journey he had taken to Madrid as ... ...ant of a better. Attracted by the fame of Canalis, also by the prospect of political interest, and advised thereto by Madame d’Espard, who acted in th... ... sonorous elocution which is so useful and even necessary an instrument in political life. His cold-bloodedness touched at certain points on rectitude... ...Charles Mignon, addressing Canalis, “that you can even think of becoming a political character?” “It is abdication,” said Modeste, “for a poet; politi...

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...kens that – she kens it well, dearie!” And so slid off to safer topics, and left on the mind of the child an obscure but ineradicable sense of somethi... ...ut Bonaparte. For the rest, Gilbert had set up his loom in an outhouse at Cauldstaneslap, where he laboured assiduously six days of the week. His brot... ...of them now remembered. When Innes had received it, there had been nothing further from his mind than to bury himself in the moors with Archie; but no... ...unce the fact; and sometimes, with no notice at all, he would not return for dinner until the hour was long past. Innes groaned under these desertions...

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...oles—ah!—capital fish—all come from London stage coach proprietors get up political dinners—carriage of soles— dozens of baskets—cunning fellows. Gla... ...AN IT IS PLEASANT TO TURN from contemplating the strife and turmoil of political existence, to the peaceful repose of pri vate life. Although in ... ...that,’ said a very red faced man, behind a cigar. After this little bit of philosophy there was another pause. ‘There’s rummer things than women in th... ...to ‘sterics; and he smokes wery comfortably till she comes to agin. That’s philosophy, Sir, ain’t it?’ ‘A very good substitute for it, at all events,’... ...e of sandwich bags, and awaited the return of the messengers, with all the philosophy and fortitude he could summon to his aid. An hour and a half ela...

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...eantime he was drawn into all the dissipations that arise from literary or political life, and he yielded to the temptations incurred by journalists b... ...ete, and without sufficient force to bear up against the rough jostling of political life, the struggles and sufferings of which confer no credit,—a b... ...ke of sacred principles. From the time of his return to the provinces this political manoeuvrer had an intimacy with a young man, overwhelmed with deb... ...icity given by the press to every trial, even the least important, whether political or individual. The system of the Imperial government was that of ... ...ied pair, and the young wife had occasion to know the depraved habits, the political and religious atheism and— shall I say the word?—the infamy of th... ...ay-scholar at the school of Louis-le-Grand, where he is nearly through his philosophy course, and only sixteen, too; that’s something to boast of! but...

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... of life. The lowest savage, no less than his more advanced brother, has a philosophy of the uni- verse by which he solves the world-problem to his ow... ...iety was divided only into two classes of men, the free and unfree, though political power was in the hands of the franklins alone; “godi” and thrall ...

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...ed. “As to the fellow’s escape,” said she, “it gives me no uneasiness; for philosophy and Christianity both preach up forgiveness of injuries. But for... ...hat—Not to be found! Where?” “La! brother,” said Mrs. Western, with true political cold ness, “you are always throwing yourself into such violent p... ...ed home, not highly pleased with his disappointment: which, how ever, the philosophy which he had acquired from Square, and the religion infused into... ...k and sleep, except only Mrs. Western, who was deeply engaged in reading a political pamphlet, and except our heroine, who now softly stole downstairs... ... a moderate heap of plays; and, for the last, an indifferent collection of political journals. To say the truth, I require no more than that a man s... ...imself with the apprehension of a thousand dreadful machinations, and deep political de signs, which he imagined to be at the bottom of the promo ti... ...is no hopes of my recovery. I have somewhere read, that the great use of philosophy is to learn to die. I will not therefore so far disgrace mine, a... ...en till very lately that I could, with truth, call myself so. The pride of Philosophy had intoxicated my reason, and the sublimest of all wisdom appea...

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...spoiling uncle you will be! But now, having heard you reason yourself into philosophy, I’ll leave you to write. We were so anxious, that I could not h... ... colour, but appearing quite well, in better spirits, and very eager about political affairs. All would have been right that summer, but that, as Phil...

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...opu- lar accomplishments. Had the standard of the public taste been set in philosophy, and the national enthusiasm centred in philosophers, he would a... ... and Conservative, Miss Middleton.” “I have not a head for politics.” “The political heads I have seen would tempt me to that opinion.” 174 The Egois... ...ruit of temperance, he had a com- fortable pride in his digestion, and his political sentiments were attuned by his veneration of the Powers rewarding... ..., justly relieving a father. With demagogues abroad and daughters at home, philosophy is needed for us to keep erect. Let the girl be Cicero’s T ullia... ...ne is poison. Let that pass—I should rather say, let it not pass!— but our political views are not in accord. True, we are not under the obligation to... ...d the second time it will be entirely his own fault. Inspire him with some philosophy.” “I have none.” “I if I thought so, I would say you have better... ....” “I if I thought so, I would say you have better. There are two kinds of philosophy, mine and yours. Mine comes of coldness, yours of devotion.” “He... ...Her countenance cleared. She conversed with De Craye of the polite and the political world, throwing off her personal burden completely, and charming ... ...speak?” “Of Switzerland, Tyrol, the Iliad, Antigone.” “That was all?” “No, Political Economy. Our situation, you will own, was unexampled: or mine was...

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... would possibly be better, for a time, to be upon that footing, apart from political considerations. ‘I was very sure my brother would apprehend your ... ... ‘Well, sir !’ he observed, as one whom mental conflict has brought to the philosophy of the case, ‘now, was we to change places, I couldn’t a’ done i... ...ous pow- ers who have to do with us. Apart from its eloquent and consoling philosophy, the pic- ture is pleasant. You see two rows of shoulders resolu... ... On the other side of me sat my pet diplomatist, and I gave him one or two political secrets which astonished him. Of course, my dear, I was wheedled ... ... Shorne, had not her ladyship been so firmly established in her phlegmatic philosophy. She said: ‘Quelle enfantillage! I dare say Rose was at the bott... ...anished from her. Rose, the tameless heroine who had once put her mother’s philosophy in action, was the easiest filly that turbaned matron ever yet d... ...hen that the Countess’s conduct proved a memo- rable refutation of cynical philosophy: she rejoiced in the good fortune of him who had offended her! T...

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... two ways. First, by obtaining a recognition of certain immu nities, called political liberties or rights, which it was to be regarded as a breach of... ...ircumstances which for a time encouraged it had continued unaltered. But, in political and philosophical theories, as well On Liberty — Mill 5 as in... ...democracy is adverse, has had no difficulty in es tablishing itself; and in political speculations “the tyranny of the majority” is now generally inc... ...rannizing are not restricted to the acts which it may do by the hands of its political functionaries. Society can and does execute its own mandates: a... ...o meddle, it practises a social tyranny more formi dable than many kinds of political oppression, since, though not usually upheld by such extreme pe... ...maestri di color che sanno ,” the two headsprings of ethical as of all other philosophy . This acknowl edged master of all the eminent thinkers who h... ...s ever by our treatment of them. Socrates was put to death, but the Socratic philosophy rose like the sun in heaven, and spread its illumination over ... ...ance to be struck between two sets of con flicting reasons. Even in natural philosophy, there is always some other explanation possible of the same f... ...ion. They were essentially a negative dis cussion of the great questions of philosophy and life, directed with consummate skill to the purpose of con...

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...arrested, but research has shown that what European scholars knew of Greek philosophy, of mathematics, as- tronomy, and like sciences, for several cen... ...op, Abu Hareth, at their head, to Muhammad at Medina, who had now acquired political power. The embassy declined to be parties to the strange mode of ...

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... at least, not opposing attitude– or, shortly, to a man who is of Christ’s philosophy– every such saying should come home with a thrill of joy and cor... ...s and through a great sea of tedium, steers this mortal bark. There may be political wisdom in such a view; but I am persuaded there can spring no gre... ...as continually move, but not by measurable marches on a stable course; the political soil itself steals forth by imperceptible degrees, like a travell... ...eptible degrees, like a travelling glacier, carrying on its bosom not only political parties but their flag-posts and cantonments; so that what appear... ... see a peaceable and blindfold evolution, the work of dull men immersed in political tactics and dead to political results. The principal scene of thi... ...e with determined views– roues in speculation– having gauged the vanity of philosophy or learned to shun it as the middle- man of heresy– a company of... ...nion’ at Cambridge or the ‘Union’ at Oxford. COLLEGE PAPERS CHAPTER IV–THE PHILOSOPHY OF UMBRELLAS* I T IS WONDERFUL to think what a turn has been giv... ...manufacture of the article. 103 Lay Morals COLLEGE PAPERS CHAPTER V – THE PHILOSOPHY OF NOMENCLATURE ‘How many Caesars and Pompeys, by mere inspirati... ...e died, and become famil- iar with these distant friends. At last, in some political trouble, he is banished to the very place of his dreams. He arriv...

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...ingle with yon springalds and beaux.” “To vaunt a knowledge of the stoical philosophy,” said the youth addressed as Sam, “might elicit a smile of incr... ...entertainer, when he put this question to her, “than are dreamt of in your philosophy:” and, sooth to say, the archer was by this time in such a state... ...caping thence to England, was, under pretence of debt, but in reality from political hatred, imprisoned there also in the Tower of London. He must not... ...ge to the Duke of Bordeaux. They were followed, according to their several political predilections, by the vari- ous Ministers and dignitaries of the ... ...rates wonderful reverses of fortune; it affords the moralist scope for his philosophy; perhaps it gives amusement to the merely idle reader. Nor must ...

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...ur attitude towards the contending parties (I mean our moral attitude, for politically there was no other course open to us than neutrality) has not b... ... any persons, as organs of the will of the people, to dispose of the whole political existence of a country, I ask to see whether their credentials ar...

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...e a dupe of me, even as he was seeking to make a dupe of himself, wresting philosophy to the needs of his own sorrow. But in the light of this new fac... ...s a contribution to the theory of life. So with the more icy parts of this philosophy of Thoreau’s. He was affecting the Spartan- ism he had not; and ... ... beyond, for which he had found or sought no formula, on which perhaps his philosophy even looked askance, is wanting in my study, as it was wanting i... ... in romance, that has since renewed and vivified history. For art precedes philosophy and even science. People must have noticed things and interested... ...s which arose from his sympathy with the great French Revolution. His only political feeling had been hith- erto a sentimental Jacobitism, not more or... ...domontade, but filled with living indignation, to de- clare his right to a political opinion, and his willingness to shed his blood for the political ... ... and between friends of the same sex, but in the field of the less intense political sympathies; and his ideal man must not only be a generous friend ... ...should prevail.” For his part, he would not “for an instant recognise that political organisation for his government which is the slave’s government a... ... thus did it come twice, though in a subaltern attitude, into the field of political history. NOTE. – For many facts in the above essay, among which I...

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...ffered in a manner unex pected.* One of the pieces in our newspaper on some political point, which I have now forgotten, gave offense to the Assembly... ...ving his books, which were a pretty col lection of mathematicks and natural philosophy, to come with mine and me to New York, where he propos’d to wa... ...d produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Poli tics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss’d by the company; and once in three months prod... ... much originality as if you had been conducting discus sions in politics or philosophy; and what more worthy of experiments and system (its importanc... ... found useful, and flour ishes to this day; and I do not remember any of my political manoeuvres, the success of which gave me at the time more The A... ...ation of my improvements and discov eries in the electric branch of natural philosophy. In 1754, war with France being again apprehended, a con gres... ...merica. My plan, with my reasons in sup port of it, is to be found among my political papers that are printed. Being the winter following in Boston, ... ...ted at Paris. The publication offended the Abbe Nollet, preceptor in Natural Philosophy to the royal family, and an able experimenter, who had form’d ... ... old friend Jas. Ralph was still alive; that he was esteem’d one of the best political writers in England; had been employ’d in the dispute between Pr...

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... a bare name be thus influential on the minds and affections of men, and a political aggregation blind them to the nature of facts? The story of the A... ...ent; and soon after the time of which I write, he made a showy speech at a political dinner, was cried up to heaven next day in the Courant, and the d... ...er by words, but by the instancing of whole biographies, epics, systems of philosophy, and epochs of history, in bulk. That which is understood excels... ...oment he transmigrates, dons the required character, and with moon- struck philosophy justifies the act in question. I can fancy nothing to compare wi... ...men than increase of knowl- edge or clarity of thought. The drama, not the philosophy, of life is the sphere of their intellectual activity. Even when...

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...ment actively deal with any country, that’s open to business, irrespective of political ideal logy. 3. Lassiez-Faire- Capitalist Common in many... ...ns in order to encourage the sale of these products. They could work on the philosophy any business is better than no business, therefore offering ... ...Economics is the order of the day in most Countries that face bankruptcy, and political change. The old system did not work, and during these first ... ...though ordinary Russians did prosper, millions of Russians were punished for "political" and "economic" crimes, and were an unpaid labor force, cutt... ...actually have no real economic models to look back on, and few economists and Political Leaders have any experience in dealing with an economic cris... ...f the people, who are now bemused with the behavior of the past business, and political leaders. Leaders can only do so much, but one thing they can... ... long way towards paying off a mortgage. Using the “What do we really need?”, philosophy also helps you around the house. If we evaluate what we re...