 Would that strife might perish from among gods and men!" He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe; for, if his prayer were heard, all things would pass away.  Early Greek Philosophy - Page 150by John Burnet - 1908 - 433 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Clodd - Evolution - 1897 - 312 pages
...philosophy: " You cannot step twice into the same rivers ; for fresh waters are ever flowing in upon you." "Homer was wrong in saying: 'Would that strife might...for, if his prayer were heard, all things would pass away." Flux or movement, says Heraclitus, is the allpervading law of things, and in the opposition... | |
 | 1903 - 642 pages
...will not exceed his measure, if he does the Erynes, avenging handmaids of Justice, will find him."8 " Homer was wrong in saying 'would that strife might...for if his prayer were heard all things would pass away."4 "The harmonious structure of the world depends upon opposite tension like the bow and the lyre."6... | |
 | 1903 - 648 pages
...will not exceed his measure, if he does the Erynes, avenging handmaids of Justice, will find him."3 "Homer was wrong in saying 'would that strife might...for if his prayer were heard all things would pass away."* " The harmonious structure of the world depends upon opposite tension like the bow and the... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 488 pages
...You cannot step twice into the same rivers; for fresh' waters are ever flowing in upon you. RP 26a. 43. Homer was wrong in saying: "Would that strife...for, if his prayer were heard, all things would pass away. RP 2?d. 44. War is the father of all and the king of all; and some he has made gods and some... | |
 | Archibald Browning Drysdale Alexander - Philosophy - 1908 - 640 pages
...come into being and pass away through strife." " Homer was wrong in saying : Would that strife would perish from among gods and men : he did not see that...for if his prayer were heard, all things would pass away." (4) But not discord but harmony is the last word of Heraclitus. If there is flux everywhere,... | |
 | Anthony Mario Ludovici - 1909 - 218 pages
...among other books, Sidgwick's somewhat tedious * GE , p. 59. Compare also Heraclitus, who says : " Homer was wrong in saying, ' would that strife might...for if his prayer were heard all things would pass away." work, The Methods of Ethics* his puzzling attack on Herbert Spencer's Hedonism, f and Spencer's... | |
 | Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1909 - 682 pages
...know. The order exists now in the strife and must be found there. A world of peace is a world of death. "Homer was wrong in saying 'would that strife might perish from among gods and men !' He did not know that he was praying for the destruction of the universe ; for if his prayer were heard all things... | |
 | Benjamin Apthorp Gould Fuller - Philosophy - 1923 - 312 pages
...also have downed or slain himself. "War" in very truth "is the father of all and the king of all." 21 "Homer was wrong in saying: 'Would that strife might...for, if his prayer were heard, all things would pass away." " Later commentators, to be sure, particularly those of the Stoic School, found in Heracleitus... | |
 | B.A.G. Fuller - 1923 - 398 pages
...also have downed or slain himself. "War" in very truth "is the father of all and the king of all." 2l "Homer was wrong in saying: 'Would that strife might...for, if his prayer were heard, all things would pass away." 22 Later commentators, to be sure, particularly those of the Stoic School, found in Heracleitus... | |
 | Aristotelian Society (Great Britain) - Philosophy - 1924 - 286 pages
...metaphysicist, can only be conceived as opposition. Heracleitus of Ephesus had the true insight. He said : "Homer was wrong in saying: 'would that strife might...for if his prayer were heard all things would pass away." Meeting of the Aristotelian Society at 21, Gower Street, London, WC1, on February tih, 1924,... | |
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