 | Plutarchus - 1809 - 666 pages
...he prescribed to his friends medicines and a proper regimen. He was a lover also of polite learning, and his natural thirst of knowledge made him a man...copy corrected by Aristotle, which is called ' the casket-copy".' Onesicritus informs us, that he used to lay it under his pillow with his sword. As he... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1813 - 522 pages
...scholars in general were instructed only in the exoteric doctrines,—Vid? Ant. GeU. lib. xx. cap. 5. made him a man of extensive reading. The Iliad, he...Onesicritus informs us, that he used to lay it under his pillovr with his sword. As he could not find many other hooks in the upper provinces of Asia, he wrote... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1816 - 348 pages
...he prescribed to his friends medicines and a proper regimen. He was a lover also of polite learning, and his natural thirst of knowledge made him a man...military knowledge ; and he had a copy corrected by Aristotje, which is called ' the casket-copy.'f Onesicritus informs us^ that he used to lay it under... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1821 - 350 pages
...the bulk of mankind in the superior parts of learning than in the extent of power and domiininion. Farewell." Aristotle, in compliment to this ambition...the casket copy^. Onesicritus informs us, that he * Doctrines taught by private communication, and delivered viva uoce. + He kept it in a rich casket... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1828 - 484 pages
...in the superior parts of learning;, than in the extent of power and dominion. Farewell." Aj-istotle, in compliment to this ambition of his, and by way...corrected by Aristotle, which is called the casket ccpyj Onesicritus informs us that he used to lay it under his pillow with his sword. As he could not... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1832 - 444 pages
...only to refresh the memories of those who have been taught b) u master. He loved poll e learning loo, and his natural thirst of knowledge made him a man...of military knowledge, and he had a copy corrected hy Aristotle, which is called the casket copy.')' Onesicri'us informs us, that he used to la\ it under... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1832 - 446 pages
...too, and his natural thirst of knowledge made him a man of extensive reading. The Iliad he thought, aa well as called, a portable treasure of military knowledge,...corrected by Aristotle, which is called the casket copy.f Onesicritus informs us, that he used to lay it under his pillow with his sword. As he could... | |
 | Plutarch, John Dryden, Arthur Hugh Clough - Biography - 1905
...if the sublimer knowledge which we gained from you be made common to all the world? For my part, 1 had rather excel the bulk of mankind in the superior...corrected by Aristotle, which is called the casket ccpyj Onesicritus informs us that he used to lay it under his pillow with his sword. As he could not... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1841 - 490 pages
...only to refresh the memories of those who have been taught by a master. He loved polite learning top; and his natural thirst of knowledge made him a man...corrected by Aristotle, which is called the casket ecpy.i Onesicritus informs us that he used to lay it under his pillow with his sword. As he could not... | |
 | Eliza Slater - 1843 - 238 pages
...-£~^- military undertakings, was fond of the sciences, and of polite learning. The Iliad he considered a portable treasure of military knowledge, and he had a copy corrected by Aristotle, which was called the Casket Copy : it was so called because he kept it in a rich casket that was found among... | |
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He loved polite learning too; and his natural thirst of knowledge made him a man of extensive reading. The Iliad, he thought, as well as called, a portable treasure of military knowledge; and he had a copy corrected by Aristotle, which is called the casket... 
