Chapter 2: p. 48. In their dress, their table, their houses, and their furniture,
the favourites of fortune united every refinement of conveniency, of elegance,
and of splendour, whatever could soothe their pride or gratify their sensuality.
Such refinements, under the odious name of luxury, have been severely arraigned
by the moralists of every age; and it might perhaps be more conducive to
the virtue, as well as happiness of mankind, if all possessed the necessities,
and none of the superfluities, of life...Read here...
Monday, May 14, 2012
PASSAGES FROM GIBBON'S DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
imageChapter 2: p. 48. In their dress, their table, their houses, and their furniture,
the favourites of fortune united every refinement of conveniency, of elegance,
and of splendour, whatever could soothe their pride or gratify their sensuality.
Such refinements, under the odious name of luxury, have been severely arraigned
by the moralists of every age; and it might perhaps be more conducive to
the virtue, as well as happiness of mankind, if all possessed the necessities,
and none of the superfluities, of life...Read here...
Chapter 2: p. 48. In their dress, their table, their houses, and their furniture,
the favourites of fortune united every refinement of conveniency, of elegance,
and of splendour, whatever could soothe their pride or gratify their sensuality.
Such refinements, under the odious name of luxury, have been severely arraigned
by the moralists of every age; and it might perhaps be more conducive to
the virtue, as well as happiness of mankind, if all possessed the necessities,
and none of the superfluities, of life...Read here...
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