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... cause they had never experienced absolute silence . Arist . Cael . II . 9 , Plin . N. II . II . 22 . 1 Pythagoras is said to have been the first who called the universe by this name . 2 Compare the Pythagorean oath contained in the ...
... cause they had never experienced absolute silence . Arist . Cael . II . 9 , Plin . N. II . II . 22 . 1 Pythagoras is said to have been the first who called the universe by this name . 2 Compare the Pythagorean oath contained in the ...
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... causes , only having recourse to Nous as a deus ex machina when the others failed . Diogenes of Apollonia in Crete was a younger con- temporary of Anaxagoras , against whom he took up a reactionary position and defended the older Ionic ...
... causes , only having recourse to Nous as a deus ex machina when the others failed . Diogenes of Apollonia in Crete was a younger con- temporary of Anaxagoras , against whom he took up a reactionary position and defended the older Ionic ...
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... caused either by actual contact with atoms as in the case of taste and hearing , or by images thrown off from bodies external to us , and entering in through the pores . These images were a kind of film consisting of the surface atoms ...
... caused either by actual contact with atoms as in the case of taste and hearing , or by images thrown off from bodies external to us , and entering in through the pores . These images were a kind of film consisting of the surface atoms ...
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... caused by ignorance of the better course . ' Fr. 132 , ' Education is an ornament in prosperity , a refuge in adversity . ' Fr. 138 , ' Adver- sity is the only teacher of fools . ' Fr. 142 , ' Do not seek to know all things , or you ...
... caused by ignorance of the better course . ' Fr. 132 , ' Education is an ornament in prosperity , a refuge in adversity . ' Fr. 138 , ' Adver- sity is the only teacher of fools . ' Fr. 142 , ' Do not seek to know all things , or you ...
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... cause appear the better . The enlightened men who came forward to supply this demand called themselves by the name of Sophists , or professors of wisdom . They were the first who made a profession of the higher education , and some of ...
... cause appear the better . The enlightened men who came forward to supply this demand called themselves by the name of Sophists , or professors of wisdom . They were the first who made a profession of the higher education , and some of ...
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