 ... reputation, but really it is only his body that has its place and home in the city ; his mind, considering all these things petty and of no account, disdains them and is borne in all directions, as Pindar1 says,"both belowthe earth," and measuring...  Plato, with an English Translation ... - Seite 119von Plato, Harold North Fowler - 1921Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Plato - 1921 - 480 Seiten
...no account, disdains them and is borne in all directions, as Pindar1 says,"both belowthe earth,"and measuring the surface of the earth, and "above the...mean by this, Socrates ? soc. Why, take the case of Thaïes, Theodorus, While he was studying the stars and looking upwards, he fell into a pit, and a... | |
 | Giovanni Reale - 1987 - 460 Seiten
...petty and of no account, disdains them and is taken in all directions, as Pindar says, "both below the earth," and measuring the surface of the earth, and,...entirety, never lowering itself to anything close to hand. What do you mean by this, Socrates. Why, take the case of Thales, Theodorus. While he was... | |
 | Elaine Kauvar - 1993 - 300 Seiten
...philosopher he observes, "his mind ... is borne in all directions, as Pindar says, 'both below the earth,' and measuring the surface of the earth, and 'above the sky,' studying the stars . . . never lowering itself to anything close at hand" (121). Of the necessity for men to live a righteous... | |
 | Silvia Benso - 2000 - 308 Seiten
...mandate of which it will never be oblivious: that of "investigating the universal nature of everything that is, each in its entirety, never lowering itself to anything close at hand" (Theaet. 173e). Indifferent to the laughters that its endeavor provokes among the nonphilosophers,... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2002 - 428 Seiten
...petty and of no account, disdains them and is borne in all directions. as Pindar says. "both below the earth." and measuring the surface of the earth. and...entirety. never lowering itself to anything close at hand. l. —Socrates1 This chapter is an introduction—an indication of the kinds of things one might consider... | |
 | John R. Levison - 1997 - 324 Seiten
...which Socrates quotes: ". . . his mind ... is borne in all directions, as Pindar says, 'both below the earth,' and measuring the surface of the earth, and...entirety, never lowering itself to anything close at hand."32 Philo's use of the verb, ounTiepuiotaîv, to describe his experience as a fellow-traveller... | |
 | Gregory B. Smith - 2008 - 672 Seiten
...surface of the earth, . . . studying the stars, and investigating the universal nature of everything that is, each in its entirety, never lowering itself to anything close at hand. (173e2-174a2)36 Socrates further asserts that, like Thales, philosophers will always be held in contempt... | |
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