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Pagina 14
... considered barbarians ; the distinct character of their two mythologies , the former embodying divinity in beautiful , the latter in brutal , emblems ; the reluctance of the priests to communicate secret learning to strangers ; these ...
... considered barbarians ; the distinct character of their two mythologies , the former embodying divinity in beautiful , the latter in brutal , emblems ; the reluctance of the priests to communicate secret learning to strangers ; these ...
Pagina 21
... considered the soul , the first principle of natural life , so the world was a living being , existing by means of the stars as organs of respiration . Man's superiority in intelligence to the brute , was caused by his upright position ...
... considered the soul , the first principle of natural life , so the world was a living being , existing by means of the stars as organs of respiration . Man's superiority in intelligence to the brute , was caused by his upright position ...
Pagina 25
... considered man's birth a misfortune , because it rendered him obnoxious to death . His own took place about the sixty - ninth Olympiad , from a dropsical complaint , induced , we are told , by feeding on grass in the wild spot to which ...
... considered man's birth a misfortune , because it rendered him obnoxious to death . His own took place about the sixty - ninth Olympiad , from a dropsical complaint , induced , we are told , by feeding on grass in the wild spot to which ...
Pagina 28
... considered alive . Even in science , gross errors are attri- buted to him . He is represented as supposing eclipses to proceed from the shutting of a win- dow in the sun or moon , from which light at other times issues ; that man was ...
... considered alive . Even in science , gross errors are attri- buted to him . He is represented as supposing eclipses to proceed from the shutting of a win- dow in the sun or moon , from which light at other times issues ; that man was ...
Pagina 31
... considered that from the beginning the Infinite was composed of homeo- meriæ , or elementary seeds of endless variety , which were afterwards mixed by the great intelligence , or Nous , which he recognised as the impulsive power of the ...
... considered that from the beginning the Infinite was composed of homeo- meriæ , or elementary seeds of endless variety , which were afterwards mixed by the great intelligence , or Nous , which he recognised as the impulsive power of the ...
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Academy according admitted affected amongst Anaxagoras animal Anniceris Antisthenes appears Arcesilaus argument Aristippus Aristodemus Aristotle atheism Athenian Athens atoms attributed body Carneades cause character Cicero considered corruption creation Crito Cynic Cyrenaic death debased declared Deity Democritus derived desire Diogenes disciple Divine doctrine doubt earth Eleatic elements endeavour Epicurus error eternal ethical Euclid evil existence fact fallacies fixed former Greek heathen hence Heraclitus human idea ignorance immortality induced infinite influence inquiry intellectual intelligence investigation Ionic school knowledge latter man's Megarean Menedemus mind moral nature notion object Olympiad opinion original pain Parmenides peculiar perfect philo philosophy physical placed Plato pleasure political possessed practical present principle pupil pursuit Pyrrho Pythagoras Pythagorean reason refute regarded revelation scepticism self-existent senses Socrates Sophists soul speculation spirit Stilpo Stoics superstition taught teacher tenets Thales theology Theophrastus theory things thought tion truth virtue whence whilst wisdom Xenocrates Xenophanes Zeno
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Pagina 6 - Wherefore, remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, (who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands,) that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world; but now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Pagina 180 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened : professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Pagina 48 - Little remains : but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
Pagina 192 - ... a fountain of most pure water springing up unto everlasting life. And what marvel? the original thereof being from heaven, not from earth; the author being God, not man; the inditer, the Holy Spirit, not the wit of the Apostles or Prophets; the penmen, such as were sanctified from the womb, and endued with a principal portion of God's Spirit; the matter, verity, piety, purity, uprightness; the form, God's word, God's testimony.
Pagina 192 - Basil calls it) of preservatives against poisoned heresies; a pandect of profitable laws against rebellious spirits; a treasury of most costly jewels against beggarly rudiments; finally, a fountain of most pure water springing up unto everlasting life.
Pagina 47 - Oh, that mine were the deep mind, prudent and looking to both sides ; Long, alas ! have I strayed on the road of error, beguiled, And am, now, hoary of years, yet exposed to doubt and distraction Of all kinds ; for, wherever I turn to consider, I am lost in the One and All.
Pagina 78 - ... walking and the gymnasia ; at the time when the market was full he was to be seen there ; and the rest of the day he was where he was likely to meet the greatest number of people ; he was generally engaged in discourse, and all who pleased were at liberty to hear him; n.
Pagina 59 - But Christ as a son over his own house ; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Pagina 78 - ... t But the youth * Xenophon thus speaks of his habit of seeking out society in order to instruct it : — " He was constantly in public. For early in the morning he would go to the walks and the gymnasia ; and when the agora was full, he was to be seen there ; and constantly...
Pagina 192 - ... joy in the Holy Ghost ; lastly, the end and reward of the study thereof — fellowship with the saints, participation of the heavenly nature, fruition of an inheritance, immortal, undefiled, and that never shall fade away.