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... influences , it remains true that for Art and Science and Law , for the Philosophy of thought and of action , nay even for Theology itself , as far as the form is concerned , we are mainly indebted to Greece , and to Rome as the ...
... influences , it remains true that for Art and Science and Law , for the Philosophy of thought and of action , nay even for Theology itself , as far as the form is concerned , we are mainly indebted to Greece , and to Rome as the ...
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... influence of heredity , the influence of nature on man , the laws of human progress , and so on . Above all , Chris- tianity has imparted a far deeper feeling of the complexity of life , a sense of moral responsibility , of man's ...
... influence of heredity , the influence of nature on man , the laws of human progress , and so on . Above all , Chris- tianity has imparted a far deeper feeling of the complexity of life , a sense of moral responsibility , of man's ...
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... influences , dwelt more upon the material element it- self , and the life which manifested itself in its ever - chang- ing developments , the latter ( who , if not themselves Dorian , were yet surrounded by Dorian settlers , with their ...
... influences , dwelt more upon the material element it- self , and the life which manifested itself in its ever - chang- ing developments , the latter ( who , if not themselves Dorian , were yet surrounded by Dorian settlers , with their ...
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... influence with the wealthier class in that and the neighbouring cities ; but after some twenty years of prosperity they seem to have provoked the opposition of the democratic party by their arrogance and exclusiveness . Pythagoras ...
... influence with the wealthier class in that and the neighbouring cities ; but after some twenty years of prosperity they seem to have provoked the opposition of the democratic party by their arrogance and exclusiveness . Pythagoras ...
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... influence on the subsequent course of philosophy . Empedocles , Anaxagoras , and the Atomists agreed in accepting the Eleatic principle of the immutability of substance , while denying its absolute Oneness ; and they explained the Ionic ...
... influence on the subsequent course of philosophy . Empedocles , Anaxagoras , and the Atomists agreed in accepting the Eleatic principle of the immutability of substance , while denying its absolute Oneness ; and they explained the Ionic ...
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