Plato Contra Atheos: Plato Against the AtheistsHarper & brothers, 1845 - 378 pages |
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Page v
... human soul , so magnified that we might read therein , in large letters , what would not be distinct enough for the mental vision when examined in the smaller characters of the individual spirit . Vide lib . ii . , 369 , A. This ...
... human soul , so magnified that we might read therein , in large letters , what would not be distinct enough for the mental vision when examined in the smaller characters of the individual spirit . Vide lib . ii . , 369 , A. This ...
Page vi
... human system . In the Re- public it is the great idea , to which the construction of the fancied State is altogether secondary . Sometimes , however , it must be admitted , the author seems so taken up with this imaginary commonwealth ...
... human system . In the Re- public it is the great idea , to which the construction of the fancied State is altogether secondary . Sometimes , however , it must be admitted , the author seems so taken up with this imaginary commonwealth ...
Page xiii
... human na- ture , as exhibited in his own heart , will be the most apt to resolve all unbelief into Atheism . Especially will this be the case at a time when physical science , in league with a subtle pantheism , is everywhere sub ...
... human na- ture , as exhibited in his own heart , will be the most apt to resolve all unbelief into Atheism . Especially will this be the case at a time when physical science , in league with a subtle pantheism , is everywhere sub ...
Page xv
... Human Law 110 VIII . Universality of the Belief in a God 111 IX . Antiquity of Atheism • 114 X. Principle of Authority 116 XI . Degrees of Atheism . - Peculiarity of Plato's Style 117 XII . Ancient Doctrine of the Four Elements 119 XIII ...
... Human Law 110 VIII . Universality of the Belief in a God 111 IX . Antiquity of Atheism • 114 X. Principle of Authority 116 XI . Degrees of Atheism . - Peculiarity of Plato's Style 117 XII . Ancient Doctrine of the Four Elements 119 XIII ...
Page xxii
... human law , which was a production of art , and art itself being the offspring of Nature , therefore religion and all ideas of the just and right were conventional among men , and had no other foundation . This argument is refuted by ...
... human law , which was a production of art , and art itself being the offspring of Nature , therefore religion and all ideas of the just and right were conventional among men , and had no other foundation . This argument is refuted by ...
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