 Will you not allow that I have as much of the spirit of prophecy in me as the swans? For they, when they perceive that they must die, having sung all their life long, do then sing more lustily than ever, rejoicing in the thought that they are about to...  Departed Gods: The Gods of Our Forefathers - Side 110af Jason Nelson Fradenburgh - 1891 - 462 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Plato - 1924 - 596 sider
...off now than at What is the any other time in my life. Will you not allow that I have as meaning of much of the spirit of prophecy in me as the swans...they perceive that they must die, having sung all Simmias and Cebes have still their difficulties. 229 their life long, do then sing more lustily than... | |
 | Plato - 1927 - 508 sider
...misfortune, if I cannot even persuade you that I am no worse off now than at any other time in my life. Will you not allow that I have as much of the spirit of prophecy in me as the swans ? For *;hey, when they perceive that they must die, having sung all their life long, do then sing more lustily... | |
 | 1917 - 734 sider
...gracious. ' And to him the words are attributed, ' I do not regard my present situation as a misfortune. Will you not allow that I have as much of the spirit...having sung all their life long, do then sing more lustily than ever, rejoicing in the thought that they are about to go away to the God whose ministers... | |
 | Allan D. Cruickshank, Helen Gere Cruickshank - 1976 - 340 sider
...a beautiful song arose behind the curtain of prehistory. Socrates wrote, "Will you not allow that l have as much of the spirit of prophecy in me as the...die, having sung all their life long, do then sing much more lustily than ever, rejoicing in the thought that they are going to the god they serve." The... | |
 | Donald Tuzin - 1997 - 284 sider
...condemned Socrates gently chide Simmias for taking too gloomy a view of his (Socrates') impending death. "Will you not allow that I have as much of the spirit of prophecy in me as the swans?" asks the great teacher, For they, when they perceive they must die, having sung all their life long,... | |
 | Confucius - 1997 - 260 sider
...Richard II, 2, l). In European culture, the myth of the swan song originates with Plato: "For the swans, when they perceive that they must die, having sung all their life long, do then sing more lustily than ever." (Phaedo, 85a) The belief that "last words" should be loaded with special wisdom... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - 688 sider
...kuknos). Socrates, facing death (as reported in Plato's Phaedo), demanded: "Will you not allow that 1 have as much of the spirit of prophecy in me as the swan? For they, when they perceive that they must die, having sung all their life long, do then sing... | |
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