The verb takes a dative object: 'At the impulse/prompting of passions/inclinations that are obedient/subject to pleasures' or something like that.But "obedient" or "compliant" lusts/pleasures doesn't make much sense, either - they sound out of control, not obedient.
I rather take it as "and the best cares/pains/objects of care are (those) concerning the well-being of the nation".Sunt autem optimae curae de salute patriae
And they [i.e. the greatest things] are the greatest pains taken for the well-being of the nation
Hanc and suam both modify both nouns: "to this abode and home of its/which is its (own)".hanc sedem et domum suam
this abode and its home
Tum = "then".si iam tum, cum erit inclusus in corpore
if even now -- though still confined in the body
"Outside."extra
beyond
I remember a sentence just a few paragraphs ago that did something similar, and I actually considered this possibility here, but I wasn't sure (and still don't know) how to determine whether this is the case, or if two separate ideas are being expressed. How can you know for sure? If domus and sedes weren't both feminine, the adjectives couldn't cross-modify (I'm sure there's a better term, but I don't know it) each other like this, and it would have to be two separate ideas; so how can one assume that they're meant to be connected like this?Hanc and suam both modify both nouns: "to this abode and home of its/which is its (own)".
"Reach outside" seems very odd here, in English. You can't literally reach outside of your body, and something about the imagery feels off. Isn't he talking more in a figurative sense anyway (like not trying to have an out-of-body experience but rather striving for things that are "higher" or "purer" than bodily pleasures, etc.)?"Outside."
That makes a great deal more sense -- thanks.The verb takes a dative object: 'At the impulse/prompting of passions/inclinations that are obedient/subject to pleasures' or something like that.
I can't know for sure I guess because in theory it could be either, but it just feels more natural like this to me. The context actually suggests that the abode and the home are the same thing (i.e. that place in heaven), doesn't it?I remember a sentence just a few paragraphs ago that did something similar, and I actually considered this possibility here, but I wasn't sure (and still don't know) how to determine whether this is the case, or if two separate ideas are being expressed. How can you know for sure?
Actually I think they could; they could each agree with the noun closest to them but modify both in meaning. I'm not sure I've actually met the situation, in fact, or I didn't notice and I don't remember; but since that's what happens when there's only one adjective (it agrees with the closest noun but modifies the whole list in meaning; e.g. vox, crinis, oculi tui mihi placent, "I like your voice, hair and eyes"), why not when there's one on either end... To be verified I guess.If domus and sedes weren't both feminine, the adjectives couldn't cross-modify
Mmm... I don't know, but he really seems to mean "outside", as opposed to inside the body, which is compared to a prison in which the soul is like locked up (si iam tum, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras et ea, quae extra erunt...)..."Reach outside" seems very odd here, in English. You can't literally reach outside of your body, and something about the imagery feels off. Isn't he talking more in a figurative sense anyway (like not trying to have an out-of-body experience but rather striving for things that are "higher" or "purer" than bodily pleasures, etc.)?
Edit: Oops, I was looking at the wrong bit of the sentence; but "those things that are outside" doesn't sound any better in English; in fact it almost sounds worse (like things that are outside one's house, or something.)
Interesting, I didn't know that was possible. I guess it just depends on context and what makes sense in the passage, then?Actually I think they could; they could each agree with the noun closest to them but modify both in meaning.
True, good point!Mmm... I don't know, but he really seems to mean "outside", as opposed to inside the body, which is compared to a prison in which the mind is like locked up (si iam tum, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras et ea, quae extra erunt...)...
It seems that migrandum is in the accusative, but it should agree with animus, masculine nominative singular, taken up by ille.Quare et tibi, Publi, et piis omnibus retinendus animus est in custodia corporis nec iniussu eius, a quo ille est vobis datus, ex hominum vita migrandum est,
It it a nominative neuter singular gerundive, impersonal passive as Callaina said.It seems that migrandum is in the accusative
But it is in the nominative...it would be rather improbable for it to be in the nominative anyway
Yes, the impersonal passive is the only construction where the gerundive (or any other passive form) of this verb usually exists at all.since migro is generally intransitive and therefore not usually used in the passive in anything but the sort of impersonal usage discussed above.
True; I didn't phrase that well. I meant in the nominative agreeing with animus (or any other noun for that matter).But it is in the nominative...