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Oct. 3rd, 2020
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Oct. 3rd, 2020 05:23 pmHowever, the Romans gave way before the good fortune of the man and accepted the bit, and regarding the monarchy as a respite from the evils of the civil wars, they appointed him dictator for life. This was confessedly a tyranny, since the monarchy, besides the element of irresponsibility, now took on that of permanence.
--- Plutarch, The Life of Julius Caesar. (57:1)
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Oct. 3rd, 2020 11:43 pmДопустим, в полнолуние по пустынному парку гуляют одинокие девушки. Это как-то странно, и вызывает определенное чувство тревоги. Где их родители? Куда они смотрят? Отпустил бы я своих родных-знакомых девушек гулять по ночному пустынному парку?
С другой стороны, по тому же парку гуляют девушки-олени. И никакой тревоги у меня это событие не вызывает. Наоборот, девушки-олени в ночном парке кажутся совершенно уместными и естественными.
С другой стороны, по тому же парку гуляют девушки-олени. И никакой тревоги у меня это событие не вызывает. Наоборот, девушки-олени в ночном парке кажутся совершенно уместными и естественными.
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Oct. 3rd, 2020 11:57 pmFor, by substance, would be understood
that which is in itself,
and is conceived
through itself —
that is,
something of which
the conception requires not the conception of anything else;
whereas
modifications exist
in something external to themselves,
and a conception of them
is formed by means
of a conception of the thing
in which they exist.
for, although they may have no actual existence
apart from the conceiving intellect,
yet their essence
is so involved
in something external to themselves
that they may through it be conceived.
Whereas
the only truth substances can have,
external to the intellect,
must consist in their existence,
because
they are conceived
through themselves.
--- Benedictus de Spinoza. “Ethics.” Prop. VIII, Note II.
that which is in itself,
and is conceived
through itself —
that is,
something of which
the conception requires not the conception of anything else;
whereas
modifications exist
in something external to themselves,
and a conception of them
is formed by means
of a conception of the thing
in which they exist.
Therefore,
we may have true ideas
of non—existent modifications;
for, although they may have no actual existence
apart from the conceiving intellect,
yet their essence
is so involved
in something external to themselves
that they may through it be conceived.
Whereas
the only truth substances can have,
external to the intellect,
must consist in their existence,
because
they are conceived
through themselves.
--- Benedictus de Spinoza. “Ethics.” Prop. VIII, Note II.