1. Hear, Israel! You are to pass over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,
2. a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard … Deuteronomy 9 Moses Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Community 1. He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly.
2. A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into the LORD’s assembly.
3. An Am… Deuteronomy 23 Moses Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Community 1. It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the LORD your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
2. All these blessings will come upo… Deuteronomy 28 Moses Antiquity English Anger, Anguish, Care of the soul 1. The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
2. He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the… Genesis 18 Moses Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Covenant 1. After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2. Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
3.… Genesis 48 Moses Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Community For the pleasure of a horse differs from that of a dog and that of a human being, just as H. says that donkeys would choose refuse rather than gold, for food is more pleasant than gold to donkeys. Heraclitus: Diels B fragments 22B9 Heraclitus Antiquity English Ordered change, Fire and transformations, Common logos For, according to Heraclitus, a refined person must neither be filthy nor squalid nor delight in mire. Pigs delight in mire. Heraclitus: Diels B fragments 22B13 Heraclitus Antiquity English Beneficence, Ordered change, Fire and transformations God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, satiety and hunger (all the opposites: this is the meaning). But he changes just as 〈fire〉 does when it is mingled with incense, and is named according to the pleasure afforded by each kind. Heraclitus: Diels B fragments 22B67 Heraclitus Antiquity English Ordered change, Fire and transformations, Common logos The Ephesians deserve, every one of them who is of age, to hang themselves and leave the city to those not yet of age, since they banished Hermodorus, the most useful man among them, saying: “Let not one of us be the most useful; but if there is such a man, l… Heraclitus: Diels B fragments 22B121 Heraclitus Antiquity English Ordered change, Fire and transformations, Common logos THE CLOUDS
(425 B.C.)
The title of this play indicates that several scenes take place in the air and that the chorus consists of actors whose airy garments imitate the wisps of vapor floating in the atmosphere. Its true subject is education. The good fellow S… Socrates in Aristophanes’ Clouds whole Aristophanes Antiquity English Academic skepticism, Anger, Aporia Now from this investigation, men of Athens , many enmities have arisen against me, and such as are most harsh and grievous, so that many prejudices have resulted from them and I am called a wise man. For on each occasion those who are present think I am wise … Apology of Socrates 23 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Aporia, Care of the soul If then those of you who are supposed to be superior either in wisdom or in courage or in any other virtue whatsoever are to behave in such a way, it would be disgraceful. Why, I have often seen men who have some reputation behaving in the strangest manner, w… Apology of Socrates 35 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Beneficence, Care of the soul For if a man when he reaches the other world, after leaving behind these who claim to be judges, shall find those who are really judges who are said to sit in judgment there, Minos and Rhadamanthus, and Aeacus and Triptolemus, and all the other demigods who w… Apology of Socrates 41 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Death Socrates. But you preferred neither Lacedaemon nor Crete , which you are always saying are well governed, nor any other of the Greek states, or of the foreign ones, but you went away from this city less than the lame and the blind and the other cripples. So m… Crito 53 Plato Antiquity English Care of the soul, Desire, Dialectic Soc. So please do me a favour and do not refuse to cure my soul; for you will be doing me much more good if you cure my soul of ignorance, than if you were to cure my body of disease. Now if you choose to deliver a long speech, I tell you beforehand that you … Hippias Minor 373 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Aporia, Beneficence Now from this investigation, men of Athens , many enmities have arisen against me, and such as are most harsh and grievous, so that many prejudices have resulted from them and I am called a wise man. For on each occasion those who are present think I am wise … Socrates in Plato’s Apology 23 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Aporia, Care of the soul But you will find that through all my life, both in public, if I engaged in any public activity, and in private, I have always been the same as now, and have never yielded to any one wrongly, whether it were any other person or any of those who are said by my… Socrates in Plato’s Apology 33 Plato Antiquity English Care of the soul, Death, Desire If then those of you who are supposed to be superior either in wisdom or in courage or in any other virtue whatsoever are to behave in such a way, it would be disgraceful. Why, I have often seen men who have some reputation behaving in the strangest manner, w… Socrates in Plato’s Apology 35 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Beneficence, Care of the soul For if a man when he reaches the other world, after leaving behind these who claim to be judges, shall find those who are really judges who are said to sit in judgment there, Minos and Rhadamanthus, and Aeacus and Triptolemus, and all the other demigods who w… Socrates in Plato’s Apology 41 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Death Socrates. But you preferred neither Lacedaemon nor Crete , which you are always saying are well governed, nor any other of the Greek states, or of the foreign ones, but you went away from this city less than the lame and the blind and the other cripples. So m… Socrates in Plato’s Crito 53 Plato Antiquity English Care of the soul, Desire, Elenchus CRITO, OR THE DUTY OF THE CITIZEN.
SOCRATES, CRITO.
SOCRATES. Why have you come so early, Crito? Is it not still very early in the morning?
CRITO. It is indeed.
SOCRATES. What time can it be?
CRITO. Dawn is scarcely breaking.
SOCRATES. I am surprised th… Socrates in Plato’s Crito whole Plato Antiquity English Affects, Anger, Aporia Socrates. Oh my friend, what are you doing? You go away and leave me cast down from the high hope I had that I should learn from you what is holy, and what is not, and should get rid of Meletus’s indictment by showing him that I have been made wise by Euthyph… Socrates in Plato’s Euthyphro 16 Plato Antiquity English Moral accountability, Anger, Aporia Then only the temperate person will know himself, and be able to discern what he really knows and does not know, and have the power of judging what other people likewise know and think they know, in cases where they do know, and again, what they think they kn… Charmides 167 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Aporia, Beneficence Lys. And a certain recollection comes back to me on hearing what has just been said: for these boys, in talking with each other at home, frequently mention Socrates in terms of high praise; but I have never asked them whether they meant the son of Sophroniscu… Laches 181 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Civic duty Soc. But you, Laches and Nicias, are each to tell us who is the cleverest person you have heard on the upbringing of youth; whether you have knowledge of it by learning from someone or by discovering it yourselves; and if you learnt it, who were your teachers… Laches 187 Plato Antiquity English Beneficence, Care of the soul, Community Lach. Now of Socrates’ words I have no experience, but formerly, I fancy, I have made trial of his deeds; and there I found him living up to any fine words however freely spoken. So if he has that gift as well, his wish is mine, and I should be very glad to b… Laches 189 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Courage Soc. I will explain, so far as I can: let us take that man to be courageous who, as you describe him yourself, stays at his post and fights the enemy. Lach. I, for one, agree to that. Soc. Yes, and I do too. But what of this other kind of man, who fights the … Laches 191 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Courage Soc. I mean in this way: suppose, for instance, I were asking you what is quickness, as we find it in running and harping, in speaking and learning, and in many other activities, and as possessed by us practically in any action worth mentioning, whether of ar… Laches 192 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Courage Nic. Much rather the man of whom I speak, my dear sir: for the seer’s business is to judge only the signs of what is yet to come—whether a man is to meet with death or disease or loss of property, or victory or defeat in war or some other contest; but what is… Laches 196 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Aporia, Care of the soul Soc. In my own opinion, none of us should; and this being so, perhaps you will allow me to give you a piece of advice. I tell you, gentlemen—and this is confidential—that we ought all alike to seek out the best teacher we can find, first for ourselves—for we … Laches 201 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Courage And in a case where one person desires another, my boys, or loves him, he would never be desiring or loving or befriending him, unless he somehow belonged to his beloved either in soul, or in some disposition, demeanor or cast of soul. Yes, to be sure, said M… Lysis 222 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Care of the soul, Moral decorum Soc. But neither there nor elsewhere do I admit that the powerful are strong, only that the strong are powerful; for I hold that power and strength are not the same, but that one of them, power, comes from knowledge, or from madness or rage, whereas strength … Protagoras 351 Plato Antiquity English Anguish, Care of the soul, Constitutional government Soc. Well then, I proceeded, will the following example give us the light we need? Just as, in estimating a man’s health or bodily efficiency by his appearance, one might look at his face and the lower part of his arms and say: Come now, uncover your chest to… Protagoras 352 Plato Antiquity English Care of the soul, Desire, Dialectic Soc. Come then, and join me in the endeavor to persuade the world and explain what is this experience of theirs, which they call being overcome by pleasure, and which they give as the reason why they fail to do what is best though they have knowledge of it. F… Protagoras 353 Plato Antiquity English Courage, Dialectic, Ether and field Soc. Then does it seem to you, my friends, as Protagoras and I assert, that the only reason why these things are evil is that they end at last in pains, and deprive us of other pleasures? Would they admit this? We both agreed that they would. Then again, supp… Protagoras 354 Plato Antiquity English Anguish, Care of the soul, Dialectic Soc. But it is still quite possible to retract, if you can somehow contrive to say that the good is different from pleasure, or the bad from pain. Is it enough for you to live out your life pleasantly, without pain? If it is, and you are unable to tell us of … Protagoras 355 Plato Antiquity English Care of the soul, Dialectic, Family Soc. Then let us apply the terms pleasant and painful to these things instead, and say that a man does what we previously called evil, but now call painful, knowing it to be painful, because he is overcome by the pleasant, which is obviously unworthy to conqu… Protagoras 356 Plato Antiquity English Care of the soul, Dialectic, Ether and field Soc. Well now, if the saving of our life depended on the choice of odd or even, and on knowing when to make a right choice of the greater and when of the less—taking each by itself or comparing it with the other, and whether near or distant—what would save ou… Protagoras 357 Plato Antiquity English Dialectic, Education, Ether and field Soc. For I know that, were it once made plain, that other question on which you and I have argued at such length on either side—you maintaining and I denying that virtue can be taught—would be cleared up satisfactorily. Our discussion, in its present result, … Protagoras 361 Plato Antiquity English Courage, Dialectic, Ether and field Then only the temperate person will know himself, and be able to discern what he really knows and does not know, and have the power of judging what other people likewise know and think they know, in cases where they do know, and again, what they think they kn… Socrates in Plato’s Charmides 167 Plato Antiquity English Anger, Aporia, Beneficence 