
Saved by RP and
The Republic

Saved by RP and
there is a truth higher than experience, of which the mind bears witness to herself,
First ethics, then politics—this is the order of ideas to us; the reverse is the order of history.
for to the good poor man old age cannot be a light burden, nor can a bad rich man ever have peace with himself.
For let me tell you, that the more the
Milton and Locke, Rousseau, Jean Paul, and Goethe are the legitimate descendants. Like Dante or Bunyan, he has a revelation of another life; like Bacon, he is profoundly impressed with the unity of knowledge;
The principles of definition, the law of contradiction, the fallacy of arguing in a circle, the distinction between the essence and accidents of a thing or notion, between means and ends, between causes and conditions; also the division of the mind into the rational, concupiscent, and irascible elements, or of pleasures and desires into necessary
... See moreWhy, I replied, what do you want more? 'Only the comforts of life,—sofas and tables, also sauces and sweets.' I see; you want not only a State, but a luxurious State; and possibly in the more complex frame we may sooner find justice and injustice. Then the fine arts must go to work—every
the tale of Troy and the legend of Arthur;
Let a man do his duty first, without asking whether he will be happy or not, and happiness will be the inseparable accident which attends him. 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.'