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... hence the great desire he shows in The Laws to set in their high- est light the sanctity of the family , or parental and fil- ial relations . We have adverted to this at some length in the first of the dissertations appended to the text ...
... hence the great desire he shows in The Laws to set in their high- est light the sanctity of the family , or parental and fil- ial relations . We have adverted to this at some length in the first of the dissertations appended to the text ...
Page xxii
... Hence he proves that matter cannot possess this power , and , therefore , soul being more ancient than body , the prop- erties of soul must also be older than the properties of body . From this it is inferred that nature is the child ...
... Hence he proves that matter cannot possess this power , and , therefore , soul being more ancient than body , the prop- erties of soul must also be older than the properties of body . From this it is inferred that nature is the child ...
Page xxiii
... Hence the doctrine of a minute special providence , un- less the Deity is to be regarded as inferior in wisdom to human art- ists ( 56 ) . The method of this special providence is shown to be by such arrangements in the sovereignty of ...
... Hence the doctrine of a minute special providence , un- less the Deity is to be regarded as inferior in wisdom to human art- ists ( 56 ) . The method of this special providence is shown to be by such arrangements in the sovereignty of ...
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... Hence , because personal courage was anciently regarded as the chief part of human virtue , some have supposed that from ἄγειν , in this sense , came ἀγαθὸς , and from φέρειν , its comparative and superlative , φέρτερος , φέρτατος , or ...
... Hence , because personal courage was anciently regarded as the chief part of human virtue , some have supposed that from ἄγειν , in this sense , came ἀγαθὸς , and from φέρειν , its comparative and superlative , φέρτερος , φέρτατος , or ...
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... Hence it furnishes his constant example , whenever he would con- demn the demoralizing and irreligious tendency of some of the an- cient poetry . 12. οὔτε ὡς τοπαράπαν ὀρθῶς εἴρηται . These and similar portions of the mythology he would ...
... Hence it furnishes his constant example , whenever he would con- demn the demoralizing and irreligious tendency of some of the an- cient poetry . 12. οὔτε ὡς τοπαράπαν ὀρθῶς εἴρηται . These and similar portions of the mythology he would ...
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