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Charmides
Contributor(s): Jowett, Benjamin (Translator), Plato (Author)

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 ISBN: 1517190762     ISBN-13: 9781517190767
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $6.64  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
Lexile Measure: 1010
Physical Information: 0.11" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" L (0.18 lbs) 52 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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The subject of the Charmides is Temperance or (Greek), a peculiarly Greek notion, which may also be rendered Moderation (Compare Cic. Tusc. '(Greek), quam soleo equidem tum temperantiam, tum moderationem appellare, nonnunquam etiam modestiam.'), Modesty, Discretion, Wisdom, without completely exhausting by all these terms the various associations of the word. It may be described as 'mens sana in corpore sano, ' the harmony or due proportion of the higher and lower elements of human nature which 'makes a man his own master, ' according to the definition of the Republi
 
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