The Greek Genius and Its Influence: Select Essays and ExtractsLane Cooper Yale University Press, 1917 - 306 pages |
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... passages where he seems to be scarcely pagan . For all that , when we have made allowance for his lack of Christian humility , and of ' the gentle heart , ' the Magnanimous Man of Aristotle continues to be illuminating as a standard by ...
... passages where he seems to be scarcely pagan . For all that , when we have made allowance for his lack of Christian humility , and of ' the gentle heart , ' the Magnanimous Man of Aristotle continues to be illuminating as a standard by ...
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... passages from Greek literature which may serve to illustrate at least a part of what has been said , and to build up , perhaps in the rough , the conception I have thus far been trying to take to pieces . They represent to me , either ...
... passages from Greek literature which may serve to illustrate at least a part of what has been said , and to build up , perhaps in the rough , the conception I have thus far been trying to take to pieces . They represent to me , either ...
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... passage at least , it would be unsafe to accuse the Greeks of fatalism . But such evidence is not uncommon in the Greek poets , if we are careful to watch when their dramatic characters are not misled or purposely deceiving , but are ...
... passage at least , it would be unsafe to accuse the Greeks of fatalism . But such evidence is not uncommon in the Greek poets , if we are careful to watch when their dramatic characters are not misled or purposely deceiving , but are ...
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... passages , illustrating the Greek atti- tude toward nature , are here given in general historic sequence . .. Very often such references are casual and subordinate to some controlling idea , but they none the less reflect habitual obser ...
... passages , illustrating the Greek atti- tude toward nature , are here given in general historic sequence . .. Very often such references are casual and subordinate to some controlling idea , but they none the less reflect habitual obser ...
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... passages are taken from The Attic Theatre ( pp . 275-276 ; 323-325 ; 343-348 ) by A. E. Haigh . Third edition , revised and in part re- written by A. W. Pickard - Cambridge , Oxford , 1907. They are reprinted with the consent of the ...
... passages are taken from The Attic Theatre ( pp . 275-276 ; 323-325 ; 343-348 ) by A. E. Haigh . Third edition , revised and in part re- written by A. W. Pickard - Cambridge , Oxford , 1907. They are reprinted with the consent of the ...
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