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Pagina 24
... whole progress of his investigations , runs so strong a bias towards misanthropy - the result of a morbid disposition - as to render his opinions depressing to the hopes and alike . restrictive of the energies of man , while they were ...
... whole progress of his investigations , runs so strong a bias towards misanthropy - the result of a morbid disposition - as to render his opinions depressing to the hopes and alike . restrictive of the energies of man , while they were ...
Pagina 36
... whole system . However this fact or fiction may represent the case , it is clear that rumour has attributed nothing of the education of this distinguished philosopher to Greece ; his geometry being de- rived from Egypt ; numbers from ...
... whole system . However this fact or fiction may represent the case , it is clear that rumour has attributed nothing of the education of this distinguished philosopher to Greece ; his geometry being de- rived from Egypt ; numbers from ...
Pagina 54
... whole force consists in an ambiguity of terms . His theology admitted the existence of an infinite Being , and in this respect , as well as in the physical department of science , essen- tially coincided with the other Eleatics ; but ...
... whole force consists in an ambiguity of terms . His theology admitted the existence of an infinite Being , and in this respect , as well as in the physical department of science , essen- tially coincided with the other Eleatics ; but ...
Pagina 57
... whole world . " We find traces also in his moral precepts of the doctrine of transmigration , and abstinence from animal food , strongly imitative of Pytha- goras ; but the distinction consists in his idea of the formative power of the ...
... whole world . " We find traces also in his moral precepts of the doctrine of transmigration , and abstinence from animal food , strongly imitative of Pytha- goras ; but the distinction consists in his idea of the formative power of the ...
Pagina 58
... whole value of this school , in respect of intellectual research , consists in the correction of the errors of the senses by recognising thought as the peculiar element of mind . This view , especially when united , as in Empe- docles ...
... whole value of this school , in respect of intellectual research , consists in the correction of the errors of the senses by recognising thought as the peculiar element of mind . This view , especially when united , as in Empe- docles ...
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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.