The History of Materialism and Criticism of Its Present Importance, Volume 1K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1892 - Materialism |
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... Gassendi as restorer of Epikureanism , 253. Choice of this system with reference to the needs of the time , especially in respect of scientific inquiry , 254. Compromise with theology , 257. Gassendi's youth ; the ' Exercitationes ...
... Gassendi as restorer of Epikureanism , 253. Choice of this system with reference to the needs of the time , especially in respect of scientific inquiry , 254. Compromise with theology , 257. Gassendi's youth ; the ' Exercitationes ...
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... Gassendi , in the seventeenth century , revived the system of Epikuros , and opposed it to that of Aristotle , he sought , of course , to maintain the ethics of Epikuros so far as was compatible with Christianity , and it cannot be ...
... Gassendi , in the seventeenth century , revived the system of Epikuros , and opposed it to that of Aristotle , he sought , of course , to maintain the ethics of Epikuros so far as was compatible with Christianity , and it cannot be ...
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... Gassendi some authority for making him an Epikurean . Brutus the Stoic and Cassius the Epikurean together imbrue their hands in Cæsar's blood . But this same popular and superficial conception of the Epikurean doctrine , which in Cicero ...
... Gassendi some authority for making him an Epikurean . Brutus the Stoic and Cassius the Epikurean together imbrue their hands in Cæsar's blood . But this same popular and superficial conception of the Epikurean doctrine , which in Cicero ...
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... Gassendi had revived ( although Descartes , by his denial of vacuum , seeks as far as possible to conceal this ) ; yet in this both are distinguished from Demokritos and Epikuros , that they separate motion from matter , and make it ...
... Gassendi had revived ( although Descartes , by his denial of vacuum , seeks as far as possible to conceal this ) ; yet in this both are distinguished from Demokritos and Epikuros , that they separate motion from matter , and make it ...
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... Gassendi and Hobbes . In placing the regeneration of philosophy at the con- clusion of this course , we shall scarcely meet with any serious objection if we take the ' renascence , ' the ' revival of antiquity , ' not in a mere literal ...
... Gassendi and Hobbes . In placing the regeneration of philosophy at the con- clusion of this course , we shall scarcely meet with any serious objection if we take the ' renascence , ' the ' revival of antiquity , ' not in a mere literal ...
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Page 131 - Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes, et inexorabile fatum Subjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Page 186 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire. Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Page 284 - Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, religion; not allowed, superstition.
Page 186 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Page 186 - The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
Page 147 - ... .Now no more shall thy house admit thee with glad welcome, nor a most virtuous wife and sweet children run to be the first to snatch kisses and touch thy heart with a silent joy. No more mayst thou be prosperous in thy doings, a safeguard to thine own. One disastrous day has taken from thee luckless man in luckless wise all the many prizes of life'.
Page 249 - ... connaître que toutes les raisons dont je me servais n'ont point de force; et quoique je pensasse qu'elles fussent appuyées sur des démonstrations très certaines et très évidentes, je ne voudrais toutefois pour rien du monde les soutenir contre l'autorité de l'Église.