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... writer evidently regards as a higher and more philosophical investigation into the nature of right or righteousness . The practice of contrasting these two works has arisen from a wrong view of the true title of the one generally styled ...
... writer evidently regards as a higher and more philosophical investigation into the nature of right or righteousness . The practice of contrasting these two works has arisen from a wrong view of the true title of the one generally styled ...
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... writers of an- cient or modern times . We think it will be found that the views in which we have indulged are thus naturally suggested ; that they are not hunted for , or brought from afar , but are such as , if not always con- tained ...
... writers of an- cient or modern times . We think it will be found that the views in which we have indulged are thus naturally suggested ; that they are not hunted for , or brought from afar , but are such as , if not always con- tained ...
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... , in reading the Cratylus , it is difficult to determine in what parts the writer is sincere , or how far he may be indulging in the severest satire against certain false systems of philosophy . A 5 λας , ἐὰν μὴ πείσῃ τὸν κεκτημένον . ἐκ.
... , in reading the Cratylus , it is difficult to determine in what parts the writer is sincere , or how far he may be indulging in the severest satire against certain false systems of philosophy . A 5 λας , ἐὰν μὴ πείσῃ τὸν κεκτημένον . ἐκ.
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... writer now proceeds to specify five different grades into which offences of this kind might be divided : 1st , against sacred things public ; 2d , against sacred things private ; 3d , against parents ; 4th , against magistrates ; 5th ...
... writer now proceeds to specify five different grades into which offences of this kind might be divided : 1st , against sacred things public ; 2d , against sacred things private ; 3d , against parents ; 4th , against magistrates ; 5th ...
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... composition , implies that the writer chooses to limit the mean- ing of a word , although intimating that he could say more if it pleas- ed him . τες διαφερόντως ἀνθρώπων . σχεδὸν γὰρ τοῦτο ἡμῖν ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων 8 CONTRA ATHEOS .
... composition , implies that the writer chooses to limit the mean- ing of a word , although intimating that he could say more if it pleas- ed him . τες διαφερόντως ἀνθρώπων . σχεδὸν γὰρ τοῦτο ἡμῖν ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων 8 CONTRA ATHEOS .
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