Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Groups

    Democrats

    group · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages

    Rhodian democrats · democracies · democrats · the democrats

    spoken of as

    1 expression

    The Democrats1 mention

    On His Return (Greek)

    I am not lying — no lie of this sort could deceive my older listeners — when I say that my father’s grandfather, Leogoras, led a revolt of the people against the tyrants, and in spite of the opportunity of coming to terms with them, marrying into their house, and ruling the people of Athens at their side, chose to share the exile of the democrats and suffer the hardships of banishment rather than …
    on his return

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    On His ReturnClassical · Greek

    The exiled democratic faction whose banishment Leogoras chose to share rather than side with the tyrants.

    I am not lying — no lie of this sort could deceive my older listeners — when I say that my father’s grandfather, Leogoras, led a revolt of the people against the tyrants, and in spite of the opportunity of coming to terms with them, marrying into their house, and ruling the people of Athens at their side, chose to share the exile of the democrats and suffer the hardships of banishment rather than …
    on his return

    For the Liberty of the RhodiansClassical · Greek

    Citizens and states organized by democracy, especially the Rhodian democrats in distress.

    Then again, Athenians, it is right that you, living under a democracy, should show the same sympathy for democracies in distress as you would expect others to show for you, if ever—which God forbid!
    for the liberty of the rhodians
    Moreover I should never have made this proposal, had I thought that it would benefit the Rhodian democrats alone, for I am not the official patron of that party, nor do I count any of them among my private friends.
    for the liberty of the rhodians
    By making this clear to all, you will teach the democrats in every state to consider friendship with you as the pledge of their safety, and no greater advantage could you have than to win from all men their voluntary and unsuspecting goodwill.
    for the liberty of the rhodians

    The Game of Logic19th Century · English

    One of the two American political parties mentioned in the fence-sitting analogy.

    Our ingenious American cousins have invented a phrase to express the position of a man who wants to join one or the other of two parties--such as their two parties 'Democrats' and 'Republicans'--but can't make up his mind WHICH.
    chapter 1