 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 sider
...philosophy. Pompey, when he came to Rhodes, had a curiosity to visit the famous philosopher Possidotiius ; but finding him in his sick bed, he bewailed the misfortune...hear a discourse from him : " But you may," answered Possidonius ; and immediately entereil into the point of sternal philosophy, which says, pain if not... | |
 | John Richardson Major - 1858 - 216 sider
...mistress of Greece, and famous through the whole world for her civil and military discipline. XL VII. Tully tells us a story after Pompey, which gives us...of stoical philosophy, which says, pain is not an evil. During the discourse, upon every puncture he felt from his distemper, he smiled and cried out,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 sider
...of actors, but upon an alteration in the machinery. E. BURKE 410. MODERATION IN BOTH CIRCUMSTANCES. It is certainly the proper education we should give...point of stoical philosophy, which says pain is not an evil. J. ADDISON 411. THE HIGHEST PROSPERITY A FORERUNNER OF DECAY IN SOCIETY AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS.... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1876 - 592 sider
...difficulties, the reflection that his anguish is not aggravated with the comparison of past pleasufes which upbraid his present condition. Tully tells us...point of stoical philosophy, which says pain is not an evil J. ADDISON 411. THE HIGHEST PROSPERITY A FORERUNNER OF DECAY IN SOCIETY AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS.... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 406 sider
...Rhodes, had a curiosity to visit the famous philosopher Possidonius ; but finding him in his sickbed, he bewailed the misfortune that he should not hear a discourse from him. ' But you may,' answered Possidonius ; and immediately entered into the point of stoical philosophy, which says pain is not... | |
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Pompey, which gives us a good Taste of the pleasant Manner the Men of Wit and Philosophy had in old Times, of alleviating the Distresses of Life by the Force of Reason and Philosophy. Pompey, when he came to Rhodes, had a Curiosity to visit the famous... 
