De Natura Deorum Libri Tres, Volume 3

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University Press, 1885

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Page 184 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 99 - To vital spirits aspire, to animal, To intellectual ; give both life and sense, Fancy and understanding; whence the soul Reason receives, and reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive ; discourse Is oftest yours, the latter most is ours ; Differing but in degree, of kind the same.
Page xi - Perfugium videtur omnium laborum et sollicitudinum esse somnus. At ex eo ipso plurimae curae metusque nascuntur ; qui quidem ipsi per se minus valerent et magis contemnerentur, nisi somniorum patrocinium philosophi suscepissent, nee ei quidem contemptissimi, sed in primis acuti et consequentia et repugnantia videntes, qui prope iam absoluti et perfecti putantur.
Page 126 - Vestibulum ante ipsum primisque in faucibus Orci Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae ; Pallentesque habitant Morbi, tristisque Senectus, Et Metus, et malesuada Fames, ac turpis Egestas ; Terribiles visu formae ; Letumque, Labosque ; Tum consanguiueua Leti Sopor ; et mala mentis Gaudia ; mortiferumque adverso in limine Bellum, Ferreique Eumenidum thalami, et Discordia demens, Vipereum crinem vittis innexa cruentis.
Page x - Epicurus, in the words humana ante oculos foede cum, vita jaceret in terris oppressa gravi sub religione, quae caput a caeli regionibus ostendebat horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans...
Page 5 - ... sequuntur quae futura sunt ; effugere enim nemo id potest quod futurum est. Saepe autem ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit ; miserum est enim nihil proficientem angi...
Page 95 - The great mystery, however, is to conceive how so enormous a conflagration (if such it be) can be kept up. Every discovery in chemical science here leaves us completely at a loss, or rather, seems to remove farther the prospect of probable explanation.
Page 86 - Then follows a description of these whorls or spheres — their size, colour ; and he continues : " The distaff spins round upon the knees of Necessity. Upon each of its circles stands a siren, who travels round with the circle, uttering one note in one tone ; and from all the eight notes there results a single harmony.
Page 36 - Nimirum recte : propter virtutem enim jure laudamur, et in virtute recte gloriamur : quod non contingeret, si id donum a Deo, non a nobis haberemus.
Page 153 - Dig. ш 2. 1 1. It is noticeable that in the order of matters in Julian's edict theft immediately followed guardianship. R.] mandat! : [by mandatum was understood an unpaid commission. A man undertaking such a commission for another was in the position of a trustee : he could recover his expenses but had no right to make any profit or benefit for himself by the execution of the commission. Good faith was of the essence of the engagement. Cf. Gai. ni 155 Invicem alteri tenebimur in id quod vel me...

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