Charmides
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781419112720
Subjects: Ancient Western philosophy to c 500; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Philosophy
First sentence: 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 eitam modestiam.'), Modesty, Discreation, Wisdom, without completely exhausting by all these terms the various associations of the world.