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... reason have my critics for preferring Greek treatises to others written in brilliant style and not merely translated from the Greek ? Now if they mean to plead that the Greeks have already handled these topics , I answer that they can ...
... reason have my critics for preferring Greek treatises to others written in brilliant style and not merely translated from the Greek ? Now if they mean to plead that the Greeks have already handled these topics , I answer that they can ...
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... reason why some people are led to feel aversion for Latin writers is , I believe , that they have come across certain rude and uncouth treatises , rendered from bad Greek originals into worse Latin . And I agree with these critics if ...
... reason why some people are led to feel aversion for Latin writers is , I believe , that they have come across certain rude and uncouth treatises , rendered from bad Greek originals into worse Latin . And I agree with these critics if ...
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... reason why you do not exactly dislike our teacher Epicurus , as do most of those who disagree with him , but certainly do not approve of him , though I believe that he alone has seen the truth , and has set free the minds of men from ...
... reason why you do not exactly dislike our teacher Epicurus , as do most of those who disagree with him , but certainly do not approve of him , though I believe that he alone has seen the truth , and has set free the minds of men from ...
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... reason whatever , he robs the atoms of the motion natural to all heavy substances , which , as he himself laid down , seek a lower point in a perpendicular line ; yet for all that he did not achieve the end for which he had fabri- 20 ...
... reason whatever , he robs the atoms of the motion natural to all heavy substances , which , as he himself laid down , seek a lower point in a perpendicular line ; yet for all that he did not achieve the end for which he had fabri- 20 ...
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... reason should I have for fearing that I may not be able to bring our Torquati into accord with it ? You a little while ago shewed at once your copious memory and your friendly and kindly feeling for me by quoting their examples ; yet ...
... reason should I have for fearing that I may not be able to bring our Torquati into accord with it ? You a little while ago shewed at once your copious memory and your friendly and kindly feeling for me by quoting their examples ; yet ...
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