Plato Contra Atheos: Plato Against the AtheistsHarper & brothers, 1845 - 378 pages |
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... believe that in this age there is a peculiar call for a deeper knowledge of Plato . Some acquaintance with his doctrine of ideas seems needed as a correct- ive to the tendency , so widely prevalent , to resolve all knowledge into an ...
... believe that in this age there is a peculiar call for a deeper knowledge of Plato . Some acquaintance with his doctrine of ideas seems needed as a correct- ive to the tendency , so widely prevalent , to resolve all knowledge into an ...
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... believe not the myths , which , when yet children , they heard of nurses and mothers in soothing strains of sportive or serious song , as they lis- tened to the prayers and gazed upon those attending spectacles ( of δων ἔτι ἐν γάλαξι ...
... believe not the myths , which , when yet children , they heard of nurses and mothers in soothing strains of sportive or serious song , as they lis- tened to the prayers and gazed upon those attending spectacles ( of δων ἔτι ἐν γάλαξι ...
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... believe to be the true sense of the passage , but a glance at the position of the participles and infinitives above suggests another division , which , although it may not have been intended , is yet most important and true . It will be ...
... believe to be the true sense of the passage , but a glance at the position of the participles and infinitives above suggests another division , which , although it may not have been intended , is yet most important and true . It will be ...
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... believe in the ex- istence of Gods , " that is , " as far as the fact of your belief to that extent is concerned , we may say , that a certain kindred or innate feeling ( συγγένειά τις ) , imparted by or derived from the Divinity ( θεία ) ...
... believe in the ex- istence of Gods , " that is , " as far as the fact of your belief to that extent is concerned , we may say , that a certain kindred or innate feeling ( συγγένειά τις ) , imparted by or derived from the Divinity ( θεία ) ...
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... believe that we can have no religious image more pre- cious in the sight of Heaven than a father , or grandfather , or mother worn out with age , and that in proportion as we honour or delight in them with a religious joy ( so ȧyáλ- λn ...
... believe that we can have no religious image more pre- cious in the sight of Heaven than a father , or grandfather , or mother worn out with age , and that in proportion as we honour or delight in them with a religious joy ( so ȧyáλ- λn ...
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Page i - Plato contra Atheos. Plato against the Atheists ; or, the Tenth Book of the Dialogue on Laws, accompanied with Critical Notes, and followed by extended Dissertations on some of the main Points of the Platonic Philosophy and Theology, especially as compared with the Holy Scriptures.
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