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... virtue to feast on men ; some Indians consider it an act of piety to eat their fathers.1 We may say with Herodotus , 2 « The judgment of Pindar is sound , that law is the king of all things . " 3 The conclusion , therefore , is that all ...
... virtue to feast on men ; some Indians consider it an act of piety to eat their fathers.1 We may say with Herodotus , 2 « The judgment of Pindar is sound , that law is the king of all things . " 3 The conclusion , therefore , is that all ...
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... illustrate anything , but was supposed to possess some magical virtue . 1 vi . 25 , 27 , 28. Cf. Cyril con . Julian . , iii . 93 D. 2 vi . 34 . 3 vi . 39 , 40 . an Egyptian musician , who told me that magic had 60 THE ATTACK OF CELSUS .
... illustrate anything , but was supposed to possess some magical virtue . 1 vi . 25 , 27 , 28. Cf. Cyril con . Julian . , iii . 93 D. 2 vi . 34 . 3 vi . 39 , 40 . an Egyptian musician , who told me that magic had 60 THE ATTACK OF CELSUS .
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... virtues of humility and faith , 5 to the doctrines of the resurrec- tion of the dead , and a judgment to come.7 He predicted that He would suffer and die and rise again ; that one disciple would betray and another deny Him . He ate and ...
... virtues of humility and faith , 5 to the doctrines of the resurrec- tion of the dead , and a judgment to come.7 He predicted that He would suffer and die and rise again ; that one disciple would betray and another deny Him . He ate and ...
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... virtue , blessedness , divinity . Even in seeking to describe natural qualities and distinctions , human language is imperfect . God cannot be named in the sense that we have any signs or expressions fully to set forth His attributes ...
... virtue , blessedness , divinity . Even in seeking to describe natural qualities and distinctions , human language is imperfect . God cannot be named in the sense that we have any signs or expressions fully to set forth His attributes ...
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... virtue the element of spontaneity , you take away its essence . ' " " 4 II . Like many of his successors , Celsus attacked Christianity through Judaism . The Old Testament records were full of absurdities ; the Mosaic cosmog- ony was ...
... virtue the element of spontaneity , you take away its essence . ' " " 4 II . Like many of his successors , Celsus attacked Christianity through Judaism . The Old Testament records were full of absurdities ; the Mosaic cosmog- ony was ...
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