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... philosophers , that the system of our public schools does not keep pace with the advancement of the age ; and that its victims are thrown upon the world , without any preparation for its serious business , without any clue to those ...
... philosophers , that the system of our public schools does not keep pace with the advancement of the age ; and that its victims are thrown upon the world , without any preparation for its serious business , without any clue to those ...
Page vi
... philosophers would teach the young idea how to shoot with the cross - bow of geology : but we can herein convict them of belying their own preten- sions to method , and jumping in medias res , when they would start their little ...
... philosophers would teach the young idea how to shoot with the cross - bow of geology : but we can herein convict them of belying their own preten- sions to method , and jumping in medias res , when they would start their little ...
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... philosophers , and with the elder Cato . August company for the spendthrift and the droll ! He says in his first book De Officiis : " Duplex omnino est jocandi genus unum illiberale , petulans , flagitiosum , ob- sconum ; alterum ...
... philosophers , and with the elder Cato . August company for the spendthrift and the droll ! He says in his first book De Officiis : " Duplex omnino est jocandi genus unum illiberale , petulans , flagitiosum , ob- sconum ; alterum ...
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... philosopher . Another anecdote on the same authority is , that he called himself the only wise man . * The third * Diogenes Laertius , his regular biographer , treats such sto- ries with contempt , and maintains his entire urbanity ...
... philosopher . Another anecdote on the same authority is , that he called himself the only wise man . * The third * Diogenes Laertius , his regular biographer , treats such sto- ries with contempt , and maintains his entire urbanity ...
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... com- position seems peculiarly adapted to our purpose , wanting as we do to appreciate the character of a philosopher , whose writings have not come down to us to tell their own tale . Cicero was ON THE EPICUREAN PHILOSOPHY . 29.
... com- position seems peculiarly adapted to our purpose , wanting as we do to appreciate the character of a philosopher , whose writings have not come down to us to tell their own tale . Cicero was ON THE EPICUREAN PHILOSOPHY . 29.
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