Download or read book Tacitus and Some Roman Ideals Classic Reprint written by Jefferson Elmore and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tacitus and Some Roman Ideals So far I have spoken of Tacitus in his relation to certain current ideas, which gave little opportunity for original thought. Let us now turn for a moment to his treatment of matters of more immediate experience, and first of all his observation of human character. In this field he suffered from a drawback which I think has not been sufficiently emphasized: I mean his adherence to the Stoic philosophy as a practical scheme of life. Its great object, tranquility of mind in the midst of the evils of the world, which it sought to secure by making reason the supreme guide, put it ever on guard against the disturbing in u ences of passion and pleasure. Its tendency was to sup press or ignore the whole emotional part of human nature. Stoicism thus, as Renan has somewhere remarked, declared war on life except in the one domain of duty. Now as a protection of the individual against the assaults of evil, this method has proved its worth both in ancient and modern times, but as a preparation for observing and understanding the world it has the defect of narrowing the vision. If one feels bound to hold himself morally aloof from certain things as dangerous or wrong, he will have little intellectual interest in them, or little power of imagination to understand them; indeed, true compre hension of certain phases of experience is possible only to those who have actually participated in them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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Download or read book Tacitus Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Cornelius Tacitus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tacitus, Vol. 1 The liberal arts, and gave encouragement to men of genius. In the first eight years of that emperor's reign Tacitus was at leisure to enlarge his mind, and cultivate the studies proper to form an orator and a Roman citizen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Tacitus Classic Reprint written by William Bodham Donne and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tacitus The writer desires to express his obligations to Dean Merivale for the permission granted by him to employ the 'History of the Romans under the Empire' as a guide in many portions of this book. Also, he acknowledges his debt to Messrs Church & Brodribb for their kind consent - conveyed by their publishers, Messrs Macmillan & Co. - to his availing himself of their admirable translations of the 'Agricola, ' 'Germany, ' and 'History' of Tacitus. For the 'Annals, ' the Oxford translation, and, on one or two occasions, Mr Murphy's, have been used. In the chapter entitled "The Orators," the citations are a paraphrase, not a translation. That a far larger space is assigned to the 'History' than to the 'Annals' may require some explanation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Tacitus Vol 3 Classic Reprint written by Cornelius Tacitus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-03 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tacitus, Vol. 3 Sizer. I. Preface to the History - II. Summary view of the whole work; state of the city, the armies, and the pro vinces - VI. Galba's court, and the reigning vices - VIII. Condition of Spain, Gaul, the Upper and Lower Germany, Syria, Egypt, and Africa; the war against the Jews con ducted by Vespasian - XII. Revolt of the legions in Upper Germany Galba consults about the chorce of a successor; different opinions among his ministers, Vinias, Laco, and Icelus, one of his freedmen; Otho has hopes of the nomina tion - XIV. Choice of Piso for the succession - X V. Galba's speech on the occasion; he declares his adoption of Piso in the camp, and in the senate; ill-timed severity of Galba; an embassy to the German: legions - XXI. Otho plans a revolution; he corrupts the pretorian guards two common soldiers undertake to dispose of the sovereignty Otho proclaimed emperor - XXIX. Galba, in the mean time, employed in a sacrifice in the capitol; Piso's Speech to the soldiers - XXXVII. Otho harangues the pretorians in the camp - XL. The pretorians rush into the city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Works of Tacitus Vol 1 written by Cornelius Tacitus and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of Tacitus, Vol. 1: The AnnalsHe broke his promise afterwards, and, according to Dio appointed no less than fifteen or sixteen candidates.There were eight praetors, but two only had jurisdiction; one in all causes between citizen and citizen the other, between citizens and strangers, or strangers alone.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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