Scaife ATLAS

CTS Library / Concerning the Ten Commandments, which are the Heads of the Law

Concerning the Ten Commandments, which are the Heads of the Law (152-154)

urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg023.1st1K-eng1:152-154
Refs {'start': {'reference': '152', 'human_reference': 'Section 152'}, 'end': {'reference': '154', 'human_reference': 'Section 154'}}
Ancestors []
Children []
prev
plain textXML
next

Is it not owing to this passion that relationships are broken asunder, and change the good will which originates in nature into an irreconcilable enmity? And are not great countries and populous kingdoms made desolate by domestic seditions, through such causes? And are not earth and sea continually filled with novel and terrible calamities by naval battles and military expeditions for the same reason?

For, both among the Greeks and barbarians, the wars between

v.3.p.170
one another, and between their own different tribes, which have been so celebrated by tragedians, have all flowed from one source, namely, desire of money, or glory, or pleasure; for it is on such subjects as these that the race of mankind goes mad.

29

However, enough of these matters. Still we must not be ignorant of this fact either, that the ten commandments are the heads of all the particular and special laws which are recorded throughout all the history of the giving of the law related in the sacred scriptures.

Tokens

Is 1 w 2
it 1 w 4
not 1 w 7
owing 1 w 12
to 1 w 14
this 1 w 18
passion 1 w 25
that 1 w 29
relationships 1 w 42
are 1 w 45
broken 1 w 51
asunder 1 w 58
and 1 w 62
change 1 w 68
the 1 w 71
good 1 w 75
will 1 w 79
which 1 w 84
originates 1 w 94
in 3 w 96
nature 1 w 102
into 1 w 106
an 3 w 108
irreconcilable 1 w 122
enmity 1 w 128
And 1 w 132
are 2 w 135
not 2 w 138
great 1 w 143
countries 1 w 152
and 2 w 155
populous 1 w 163
kingdoms 1 w 171
made 1 w 175
desolate 1 w 183
by 1 w 185
domestic 1 w 193
seditions 1 w 202
through 1 w 210
such 1 w 214
causes 1 w 220
And 2 w 224
are 3 w 227
not 3 w 230
earth 1 w 235
and 3 w 238
sea 1 w 241
continually 1 w 252
filled 1 w 258
with 1 w 262
novel 1 w 267
and 4 w 270
terrible 1 w 278
calamities 1 w 288
by 2 w 290
naval 1 w 295
battles 1 w 302
and 5 w 305
military 1 w 313
expeditions 1 w 324
for 1 w 327
the 2 w 330
same 1 w 334
reason 1 w 340
For 1 w 344
both 1 w 349
among 1 w 354
the 3 w 357
Greeks 1 w 363
and 6 w 366
barbarians 1 w 376
the 4 w 380
wars 1 w 384
between 1 w 391
one 1 w 394
another 1 w 401
and 7 w 405
between 2 w 412
their 1 w 417
own 1 w 420
different 1 w 429
tribes 1 w 435
which 2 w 441
have 1 w 445
been 1 w 449
so 3 w 451
celebrated 1 w 461
by 3 w 463
tragedians 1 w 473
have 2 w 478
all 2 w 481
flowed 1 w 487
from 1 w 491
one 2 w 494
source 1 w 500
namely 1 w 507
desire 1 w 514
of 1 w 516
money 1 w 521
or 4 w 524
glory 1 w 529
or 6 w 532
pleasure 1 w 540
for 2 w 544
it 8 w 546
is 2 w 548
on 12 w 550
such 2 w 554
subjects 1 w 562
as 5 w 564
these 1 w 569
that 2 w 573
the 8 w 576
race 1 w 580
of 2 w 582
mankind 1 w 589
goes 1 w 593
mad 2 w 596
However 1 w 604
enough 1 w 611
of 3 w 613
these 2 w 618
matters 1 w 625
Still 1 w 631
we 5 w 633
must 1 w 637
not 5 w 640
be 5 w 642
ignorant 1 w 650
of 4 w 652
this 2 w 656
fact 1 w 660
either 1 w 666
that 3 w 671
the 11 w 674
ten 1 w 677
commandments 1 w 689
are 4 w 692
the 12 w 695
heads 1 w 700
of 5 w 702
all 3 w 705
the 13 w 708
particular 1 w 718
and 9 w 721
special 1 w 728
laws 1 w 732
which 3 w 737
are 5 w 740
recorded 1 w 748
throughout 1 w 758
all 4 w 761
the 14 w 764
history 1 w 771
of 6 w 773
the 15 w 776
giving 1 w 782
of 7 w 784
the 16 w 787
law 2 w 790
related 1 w 797
in 9 w 799
the 17 w 802
sacred 1 w 808
scriptures 1 w 818