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... given , sometimes literal , and sometimes paraphrastic . The exceptions to this course are , when the nature and substance of the quotation were sufficiently indicated by the manner of its intro- duction . The main references are to the ...
... given , sometimes literal , and sometimes paraphrastic . The exceptions to this course are , when the nature and substance of the quotation were sufficiently indicated by the manner of its intro- duction . The main references are to the ...
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... given to the great idea of God as a judge , a moral governor , a special superintendent of the world and all its move- ments , the head of a moral system , to which the ma- chinery of natural laws serves but as the temporary scaffolding ...
... given to the great idea of God as a judge , a moral governor , a special superintendent of the world and all its move- ments , the head of a moral system , to which the ma- chinery of natural laws serves but as the temporary scaffolding ...
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... given of that class of Atheists who , while they had no religious belief them- selves , made it their business to excite the superstitious fears of mankind for their own unnatural pleasure or profit . N.B. All references to any of the ...
... given of that class of Atheists who , while they had no religious belief them- selves , made it their business to excite the superstitious fears of mankind for their own unnatural pleasure or profit . N.B. All references to any of the ...
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... given . It sets forth the malady with its cause , and is equally applicable to ancient and to modern times : “ an invincible ignorance , fancying itself the highest wisdom . ” Αμαθία here has no reference to speculative or scientific ...
... given . It sets forth the malady with its cause , and is equally applicable to ancient and to modern times : “ an invincible ignorance , fancying itself the highest wisdom . ” Αμαθία here has no reference to speculative or scientific ...
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... given , although not altogether free from objections . It is fol- lowed by editors generally in their notes and translations , although the other reading is retained in their text . The words οὐ πειθόμενοι may therefore be regarded ...
... given , although not altogether free from objections . It is fol- lowed by editors generally in their notes and translations , although the other reading is retained in their text . The words οὐ πειθόμενοι may therefore be regarded ...
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