 | William Rounseville Alger - 1867 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...thoughts." And thirdly, the subjection of his wishes to his condition. " My maxim was always to endeavor to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change...rather than the order of the world, and, in general, to accustom myself to the persuasion that, except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in... | |
 | Frank Johnston - 1925 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...itself possessed of these qualities. This principle was sufficient thenceforward to rid me of all those repentings and pangs of remorse that usually disturb...best, which they abandon the next as the opposite." Most practicing lawyers and people generally are consciously or unconsciously Pragmatists—that is,... | |
 | René Descartes - 1925 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...itself possessed of these qualities. This principle was sufficient thenceforward to rid me of all those repentings and pangs of remorse that usually disturb...as. destitute of any clear and determinate principle ol choice, allow themselves one day to adopt a course oi action as the best, which they abandon the... | |
 | René Descartes - 1988 - عدد الصفحات: 276
...which later, in their inconstancy, they judge to be bad. My third maxim was to try always to master myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world. In general I would become accustomed to believing that nothing lies entirely within our power except... | |
 | Tom Sorell - 1993 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...with no less constaney than if 1 had been quite certain. . . . My third maxim was always to master myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world. In general, I would become accustomed to believing that nothing lies entirely within our power except... | |
 | John Marshall - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 198
...life will go well" (Epictetus 1983, 13). "My third maxim," Descartes writes, "was to try to master myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world. In general I would become accustomed to believing that nothing lies entirely within our power except... | |
 | Rocco J. Gennaro, Charles Huenemann - 1999 - عدد الصفحات: 410
...Method "to be as firm and resolute in my actions as I could." The third was "to try always to master myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world" (AT VI, 25). Descartes intends singlehandedly to establish a "practical philosophy" that will make... | |
 | J. B. Schneewind - 2003 - عدد الصفحات: 696
...which later, in their inconstancy, they judge to be bad. My third maxim was to try always to master myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world. In general I would become accustomed to believing that nothing lies entirely within our power except... | |
 | Amélie Oksenberg Rorty - 2003 - عدد الصفحات: 544
...which later, in their inconstancy, they judge to be bad. My third maxim was to try always to master myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world. In general I would become accustomed to believing that nothing lies entirely within our power except... | |
 | Wiep Van Bunge - 2003 - عدد الصفحات: 288
...philosopher! Descartes himself had once provisionally accepted the Stoic maxim 'to try always to master myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order M Geulincx, Ethira II, §9, Opera III, 85. of the world.'65 His own full theory of ethics was never... | |
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... consider it, in so far as it relates to practice, as no longer dubious, but manifestly true and certain, since the reason by which our choice has been determined is itself possessed of these qualities. This principle was sufficient thenceforward to... 
