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... The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus - Page 96by Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1864 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
| Matthew Arnold - Literary Criticism - 1865 - 334 pages
...ruler is a Roman emperor, what an "idea" is this to be written down and meditated by him : — " The idea of a polity in which there is the same law for...respects most of all the freedom of the governed." And, for all men who " drive at practice," what pracu tical rules may not one accumulate out of these... | |
| John D. Minor - History - 1870 - 434 pages
...learned to love my km, and to love truth, and to love justice ;" * * * « ad from him I received the ide*a of a polity in which there is the same law for...respects most of all the freedom of the governed." * Cicero, de Officiis, lib. 3, sees. 12-17, puts the case of a merchant of Alexandria, arriving at... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1875 - 468 pages
...ruler is a Roman emperor, what an ' idea ' is this to be written down and meditated by him: — ' The idea of a polity in which there is the same law for...respects most of all the freedom of the governed/ And, for all men who ' drive at practice,' what practical rules may not one accumulate out of these... | |
| Addison Peale Russell - Conduct of life - 1875 - 416 pages
...law." Marcus Aurelius crystallized the " idea" of free government in one remarkable passage : " The idea of a polity in which there is the same law for...respects most of all the freedom of the governed." And here is the idea of forgiveness of injuries, by Epictetus : " Every man has two handles, one of... | |
| Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1876 - 120 pages
...; 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 for...the freedom of the governed. I learned from him also consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy ; and a disposition to do good,... | |
| 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 - 276 pages
...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 for...freedom of the governed ; I learned from him also consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy ; and a disposition to do good,... | |
| Paul Barron Watson - Emperors - 1884 - 374 pages
...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 for...respects most of all the freedom of the governed."' It was a difficult 1 L. Anuacns Scuecn, De elem., lib. 1, c. 24. • Thoughts, lib. 1, e. 14. task... | |
| 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
...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 for...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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