Memoirs of the Life of Sir Thomas More: Lord High Chancellor of England, in the Reign of Henry VIII. To which is Added, His History of Utopia, Translated Into English...with Notes Historical and ExplanatoryL. Davis and C. Reymers, 1758 - 230 sidor |
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Sida 14 - But you are much mistaken," said he, "for he has not sailed as a seaman, but as a traveller, or rather a philosopher. This Raphael, who from his family carries the name of Hythloday, is not ignorant of the Latin tongue, but is eminently learned in the Greek, having applied himself more particularly to that than to the former, because he had given himself much to philosophy, in which he knew that the Romans have left us nothing that is valuable, except what is to be found in Seneca and Cicero. He...
Sida 77 - ... when, I say, I balance all these things in my thoughts, I grow more favourable to Plato, and do not wonder that he resolved not to make any laws for such as would not submit to a community of all things...
Sida 223 - ... so necessary, that no commonwealth could hold out a year without them, can only earn so poor a livelihood, and must lead so miserable a life, that the condition of the beasts is much better than theirs...
Sida 89 - When they want anything in the country which it does not produce, they fetch that from the town, without carrying anything in exchange for it. And the magistrates of the town take care to see it given them ; for they meet generally in the town once a month, upon a festival day. When the time of harvest comes, the magistrates in the country send to those in the towns and let them know how many hands they will need...
Sida 41 - ... manslaughter in cases in which God has given us no example, that it frees people from the obligation of the divine law, and so makes murder a lawful action ; what is this, but to give a preference to human laws before the divine ? And if this is once admitted, by the same rule men may, in all other things, put what restrictions they please upon the laws of God.
Sida 202 - They never raise any that hold these maxims, either to honours or offices, nor employ them in any public trust, but despise them, as men of base and sordid minds: yet they do not punish them, because they lay this down as a maxim that a man cannot make himself believe anything he pleases...
Sida 68 - So he that can find no other way for correcting the errors of his people but by taking from them the conveniences of life, shows that he knows not what it is to govern a free nation. He himself ought rather to shake off his sloth, or to lay down his pride, for the contempt or hatred that his people have for him takes its rise from the vices in himself.
Sida 177 - They, in opposition to the sentiments of almost all other nations, think that there is nothing more inglorious than that glory that is gained by war.
Sida 46 - ... in their crimes. They go about loose and free, working for the public. If they are idle or backward to work, they are whipped; but if they work hard, they are well used and treated without any mark of reproach, only the lists of them are called always at night, and then they are shut up. They suffer no other uneasiness, but this of...
Sida 149 - His death was of a piece with his life. There was nothing in it new, forced, or affected.