Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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... MORAL SCIENCE CONSISTS IN CONSIDERINng the DifferENCE , NOT THE RESEMBLANCE , OF PERSONS 66 ION ; OR , OF THE ILIAD - TRANSLATED FROM PLATO 67 MENEXENUS ; OR , THE FUNERAL ORATION - A FRAGMENT 73 FRAGMENTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO 75 ...
... MORAL SCIENCE CONSISTS IN CONSIDERINng the DifferENCE , NOT THE RESEMBLANCE , OF PERSONS 66 ION ; OR , OF THE ILIAD - TRANSLATED FROM PLATO 67 MENEXENUS ; OR , THE FUNERAL ORATION - A FRAGMENT 73 FRAGMENTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO 75 ...
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... moral perfection , and that they can by no means be considered as edifying patterns for gene- ral imitation . ( Every epoch , under names more or less specious , has deified its peculiar errors Revenge is the naked idol of the worship ...
... moral perfection , and that they can by no means be considered as edifying patterns for gene- ral imitation . ( Every epoch , under names more or less specious , has deified its peculiar errors Revenge is the naked idol of the worship ...
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... moral im- certain interval by the dramatic and lyrical poets provement of man . Ethical science arranges the of Athens , who flourished contemporaneously with elements which poetry has created , and propounds all that is most perfect in ...
... moral im- certain interval by the dramatic and lyrical poets provement of man . Ethical science arranges the of Athens , who flourished contemporaneously with elements which poetry has created , and propounds all that is most perfect in ...
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... moral cause and effect . The drama at Athens , or wheresoever else it may have approached to its perfection , ever co- existed with the moral and intellectual greatness of the age . The tragedies of the Athenian poets are as mirrors in ...
... moral cause and effect . The drama at Athens , or wheresoever else it may have approached to its perfection , ever co- existed with the moral and intellectual greatness of the age . The tragedies of the Athenian poets are as mirrors in ...
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... avarice , cruelty , and fraud , characterised a race amongst whom no one was to be found capable of creating in form , language , or institution . The moral I 1 ESSAY ON THE LITERATURE , THE ARTS , 8 A DEFENCE OF POETRY .
... avarice , cruelty , and fraud , characterised a race amongst whom no one was to be found capable of creating in form , language , or institution . The moral I 1 ESSAY ON THE LITERATURE , THE ARTS , 8 A DEFENCE OF POETRY .
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