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... feeling of the complexity of life , a sense of moral responsibility , of man's weakness and sinfulness , and of the regenerating powers of faith and love , such as was never dreamt of by the ancients . And yet , in spite of all this ...
... feeling of the complexity of life , a sense of moral responsibility , of man's weakness and sinfulness , and of the regenerating powers of faith and love , such as was never dreamt of by the ancients . And yet , in spite of all this ...
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... As the latter expresses the feeling , so the former expresses in its purest form the thought of his time , sum- ming up the past , interpreting the present , and fore- shadowing the future . We might be spared much of PREFACE . xiii.
... As the latter expresses the feeling , so the former expresses in its purest form the thought of his time , sum- ming up the past , interpreting the present , and fore- shadowing the future . We might be spared much of PREFACE . xiii.
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... feeling and the rest ; the genuine is dis- tinct ( amоKEкpuévn ) from all of these . Truth lies at the bottom of a well ( ἐν βυθῷ ) . Democritus closes the series of the pre - Socratic dogmatists , men who devoted themselves to the in ...
... feeling and the rest ; the genuine is dis- tinct ( amоKEкpuévn ) from all of these . Truth lies at the bottom of a well ( ἐν βυθῷ ) . Democritus closes the series of the pre - Socratic dogmatists , men who devoted themselves to the in ...
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... feels that he is really improving , ” ( ἄριστα ζῆν τοὺς ἄριστα ἐπιμελο- μένους τοῦ ὡς βελτίστους γίγνεσθαι , ἥδιστα δὲ τοὺς μάλιστα αἰσθανο μένους ὅτι βελτίους γίγνονται ) . him whenever he was about to take an ill - 30 SOCRATES .
... feels that he is really improving , ” ( ἄριστα ζῆν τοὺς ἄριστα ἐπιμελο- μένους τοῦ ὡς βελτίστους γίγνεσθαι , ἥδιστα δὲ τοὺς μάλιστα αἰσθανο μένους ὅτι βελτίους γίγνονται ) . him whenever he was about to take an ill - 30 SOCRATES .
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... of the same act of treachery or ingratitude , one of whom did wrong knowing it to be wrong , while the other had no feeling of wrong in M. P. 3 the matter , we should agree with Socrates in considering XENOPHON AND PLATO . 33.
... of the same act of treachery or ingratitude , one of whom did wrong knowing it to be wrong , while the other had no feeling of wrong in M. P. 3 the matter , we should agree with Socrates in considering XENOPHON AND PLATO . 33.
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