The History of Materialism and Criticism of Its Present Importance, Volume 1K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1892 - Materialism |
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... fall of the ancient world . The core of this problem he believed to be the struggle against the struggle for existence , ' which is identified with man's spiritual des- ( tiny . And so we can understand the anxiety with BIOGRAPHICAL ...
... fall of the ancient world . The core of this problem he believed to be the struggle against the struggle for existence , ' which is identified with man's spiritual des- ( tiny . And so we can understand the anxiety with BIOGRAPHICAL ...
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... fall of Alkibiades affords the clearest elucidation , although in trials which bring into play high - church and aristocratic influences in connec- tion with the religious fervour of the masses , the individual threads of the network ...
... fall of Alkibiades affords the clearest elucidation , although in trials which bring into play high - church and aristocratic influences in connec- tion with the religious fervour of the masses , the individual threads of the network ...
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... fall into oblivion , ought not to be left unmen- tioned his want of ambition and distaste for dialectic discussion . He is said to have been in Athens without making himself known to one of its philosophers . Amongst his moral aphorisms ...
... fall into oblivion , ought not to be left unmen- tioned his want of ambition and distaste for dialectic discussion . He is said to have been in Athens without making himself known to one of its philosophers . Amongst his moral aphorisms ...
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... falls upon a man's head while he is walking ἀλλὰ πάντα ἐκ λόγου τε καὶ ὑπ ̓ ἀν άγκης . ” 17 Fragm . Phys . , 41 , Mullach , p . $ 65 : οὐδὲν χρῆμα μάτην γίνεται down the street , this is regarded as an accident 20 MATERIALISM IN ANTIQUITY .
... falls upon a man's head while he is walking ἀλλὰ πάντα ἐκ λόγου τε καὶ ὑπ ̓ ἀν άγκης . ” 17 Fragm . Phys . , 41 , Mullach , p . $ 65 : οὐδὲν χρῆμα μάτην γίνεται down the street , this is regarded as an accident 20 MATERIALISM IN ANTIQUITY .
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... falling of the stone , in our view , could have had no reasonable cause if we call it an accident . If , however , we assume , with the philosophy of the Chris- tian religion , an absolute predestination , we have as com- pletely ...
... falling of the stone , in our view , could have had no reasonable cause if we call it an accident . If , however , we assume , with the philosophy of the Chris- tian religion , an absolute predestination , we have as com- pletely ...
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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.