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... meaning , however gently he might deal with the system as a whole . See Note V. , App . 13. καὶ ὅπη θεοῖσι φίλον , “ May what we have said respecting these ancient and venerable matters be thus said as may be agreeable to Heaven , ” as ...
... meaning , however gently he might deal with the system as a whole . See Note V. , App . 13. καὶ ὅπη θεοῖσι φίλον , “ May what we have said respecting these ancient and venerable matters be thus said as may be agreeable to Heaven , ” as ...
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... meaning in all its ful- ness . This we attempt in the following free paraphrastic transla- tion : " For we must feel indignant , and dislike those who have ever been and are now the causes of such discussions ; who believe not the myths ...
... meaning in all its ful- ness . This we attempt in the following free paraphrastic transla- tion : " For we must feel indignant , and dislike those who have ever been and are now the causes of such discussions ; who believe not the myths ...
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... meaning it is not synonymous with dokêt , and the primary may be preserved with tolerable distinctness in many of those places in which it is ren- dered " to seem . " As , for example , in this passage , - " ventures to regard , " or ...
... meaning it is not synonymous with dokêt , and the primary may be preserved with tolerable distinctness in many of those places in which it is ren- dered " to seem . " As , for example , in this passage , - " ventures to regard , " or ...
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... meaning of this is , that what was last or tenth in the order of the previous investigation , becomes first in the order of nature and in the degree of importance ; and that which we be- fore wrongly called the ninth , becomes now the ...
... meaning of this is , that what was last or tenth in the order of the previous investigation , becomes first in the order of nature and in the degree of importance ; and that which we be- fore wrongly called the ninth , becomes now the ...
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... meaning repetition of the first clause , had been clearly asserted be- fore . We would , therefore , prefer the common reading ( τὴν δε ) , by οὐρανοῦ περιφορὰν ἐξ ἀνάγκης περιάγειν φατέον ἐπιμελου μένην καὶ κοσμοῦσαν 36 CONTRA ATHEOS .
... meaning repetition of the first clause , had been clearly asserted be- fore . We would , therefore , prefer the common reading ( τὴν δε ) , by οὐρανοῦ περιφορὰν ἐξ ἀνάγκης περιάγειν φατέον ἐπιμελου μένην καὶ κοσμοῦσαν 36 CONTRA ATHEOS .
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