I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law for all, a polity administered with regard to equal rights and equal freedom of speech, and the idea of a kingly government which respects most of all the freedom of the governed... Essays in Criticism - Page 365by Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
| Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1864 - 345 pages
...through him I learned to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion, Brutus ; 12 and from him I receivthe idea of a polity in which there is the same law for...which respects most of all the freedom of the governed ; I learned from him also f consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy ; and... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1865 - 332 pages
...style, with no care, even, for correct writing, not to be surpassed for naturalness and sincerity,—all disposition to carp -and cavil dies away, and one...governed." And, for all men who " drive at practice," what pracu tical rules may not one accumulate out of these Meditations :— " The greatest part of what... | |
| emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - 1869 - 230 pages
...Cinna Catulus, a Stoic philosopher. Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion, Brutus ; 13 and from him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law...respects most of all the freedom of the governed; I learned from him also f consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy; and a... | |
| John D. Minor, Ohio. Superior Court (Cincinnati) - Religion in the public schools - 1870 - 448 pages
...I learned to love my kin, and to love truth, and to love justice ;'' * * * "and from him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law...respects most of all the freedom of the governed." Morality unknown before the Bible ! How happens it then that Pagan Rome possessed laws evincing a higher... | |
| Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1876 - 120 pages
...justice ; and through him I learned to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion, Brutus. From him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law...respects, most of all, the freedom of the governed. I learned from him also consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy ; and a... | |
| Gibson Craig - Biography - 1879 - 320 pages
...him also I learned and received the idea of the polity in which there is the same law for all, to be administered with regard to equal rights and equal...respects most of all the freedom of the governed." . These indeed are imperial qualities ; but is it not curious that they were not promulgated by any... | |
| William Wolfe Capes - Stoics - 1880 - 268 pages
...and through him I learned to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion, Brutus ; and from him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law...which respects most of all the freedom of the governed ; I learned from him also consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy ; and... | |
| Paul Barron Watson - Emperors - 1884 - 362 pages
...kept continually before him. He strove to make real that idea which' he speaks of in his Thoughts — the idea of a "polity in which there is the same law...respects most of all the freedom of the governed." " It was a difficult task that lay before the Emperor. Revolutions sometimes take place in politics... | |
| Sir John Fortescue - Constitutional history - 1885 - 480 pages
...r^yi\tvtiptar rA» iLfxonii/uv. — MARCUS vdmtr ACRELIUS ANTONINUS. ' The idea of a polity In which there ii the same law for all, a polity administered with regard...a kingly government which respects most of all the liberty of the .'— LONG'S TRANSLATION. Cable Of Contents. MM PREFACE » LIST or AUTHORITIES Kiii... | |
| Charles Loring Brace - God - 1889 - 364 pages
...erect, not be kept erect by others (book iii. § 5). Political Ideals. And from him [Severus] I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law...which respects most of all the freedom of the governed (book i. § 14). The Quick-passing Opportunity. Remember how long thou hast been putting off these... | |
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