 The meaning of words had no longer the same relation to things, but was changed by them as they thought proper. Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage ; prudent delay was the excuse of a coward ; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness ;...  The Design of Discord: Studies of Anomie - Página 133por Elwin Humphreys Powell - 1988 - 283 páginasVista previa limitada - Acerca de este libro
 | Adda Brümmer Bozeman - 606 páginas
...of words had no longer the same relation to things, but was changed by them as they thought proper. Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent...coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing; frantic energy was the true quality of a man. A conspirator who... | |
 | Joe Winston - 1998 - 216 páginas
...longer had the same relation to things, but was changed by them as they thought fit. Reckless doing was held to be loyal courage; prudent delay was the...excuse of a coward; moderation was the disguise of manly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing, (cited in Maclntyre, 1967, p. 12) These causes... | |
 | Eric Voegelin - 2000 - 487 páginas
...of words no longer had the same relation to things, but was changed by them as they thought proper. Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent...coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; ability to see all sides of a question inaptness to act on any. . . . The lover of violence was always... | |
 | James A. Colaiaco - 2001 - 282 páginas
...longer the same relation to things, but was changed by them as they thought proper. Reckless darmg was held to be loyal courage; prudent delay was the...coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing. Frantic energy was the true quality of a man. A conspirator who... | |
 | Raju G. C. Thomas - 2003 - 422 páginas
...reported extremists who "carried the revolutionary spirit further and further . . . [by arguing that] prudent delay was the excuse of a coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness." Quoted in Crane Brinton, The Anatomy of Revolution (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1938), excerpted... | |
 | Karl E. Meyer - 2008 - 294 páginas
...Greek city-states. In the reproving account of Thucydides, the very meaning of words seemed to change: "Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent...coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing. Frantic energy was the true quality of a man. . . . The cause... | |
 | Sidney Blumenthal - 2006 - 440 páginas
...of words had no longer the same relation to things, but was changed by them as they thought proper. Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent...coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing. Frantic energy was the true quality of a man." Above the Rule... | |
 | 1905 - 936 páginas
...to re-read what Thucydides had to say of popular standards in times of unrest in the Greek cities: "Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent...coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing. Frantic energy was the true quality of a man." No one has ever... | |
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