<< | Contents | >> |
Lactantius
Show All Footnotes & Jump to 1926
Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1916] In altum se abdiderit. [An interesting “evolution from self-consciousness,” not altogether to be despised. In connection with the tripartite nature of man (of which see vol. iii. p. 474), we may well inquire as to the seat of the ψυχὴ and the πνευ̑μα, severally, on this hint.]
[1917] Mobilitatis.
[1918] Intenta discurrit. [2 Chron. xvi. 9; Zech. iv. 10.]
[1919] Bipartito.
[1920] Concinnet.
[1921] Aristoxenus, whose opinion has been mentioned above.
Chap. XVII.—Of the Soul, and the Opinion of Philosophers Concerning It.
[1922] ἄνεμος.
[1923] Proprie.
Chap. XVIII.—Of the Soul and the Mind, and Their Affections.
[1924] [See cap. 16, p. 296, note 1, supra; also vol. ii. p. 102, note 2, this series.]
[1925] Lucretius is undoubtedly one of the poets here referred to; some think that Virgil, others that Horace, is the second.
[1926] Sopiatur.
[1927] Quid fiat. Others read “quid faciat.”
[1928] Imaginibus.
[1929] Sopitus.
[1930] Evigilat.
[1931] Simulacris.
[1932] Species.
[1933] Avocamenta.
[1934] Thus Joseph and Daniel were interpreters of dreams: and the prophet Joel (ii. 28) foretells this as a mark of the last days, “Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.”
[1935] Quorum præsens et admirabilis fuerit eventus. [A sober view of the facts revealed in Scripture, and which, in the days of miracles, influenced so many of the noblest minds in the Church.]
[1936] Ex parte somnii constiterunt. Some editions read, “ex parte somniis constituerunt.”
Search Comments 
This page has been visited 0404 times.
<< | Contents | >> |
10 per page