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Gilbert Murray
Gilbert Murray
British Diplomat
Born: Jan 2, 1866
Died: May 20, 1957
Aristotle Clearly Great Greek Man Very
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The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom he has never seen, involved in complicated quarrels that he has never heard of. Gilbert Murray
Happiness Life Property Man World Liberty Complicated Seen Mercy Few Absolute Throughout Never He Involved Quarrels Heard Common Common Man Persons Whom
Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading. Gilbert Murray
Great Reading Few Ancient Easy Easy Reading Greek Literature Works
Sometimes Aristotle analyses his terms, but very often he takes them for granted; and in the latter case, I think, he is sometimes deceived by them. Gilbert Murray
Sometimes Deceived Think Latter Case He Takes Aristotle Terms His Very Often Them Granted
The fashions of the ages vary in this direction and that, but they vary for the most part from a central road which was struck out by the imagination of Greece. Gilbert Murray
Imagination Out Struck Direction Vary Part Road Most Greece Which Central Ages Fashions
Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle. Gilbert Murray
Words Style Translation Aims Followed Written Aristotle Equivalent Normal Closely Being Where Reproduce Which Translated English Original

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