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... divine , containing and directing all things : divine too are the innumerable 1 Διδόναι γὰρ αὐτὰ τίσιν καὶ δίκην τῆς ἀδικίας . R. and P. § 18 . worlds which it is ever generating and re - absorbing I - 2 ANAXIMANDER . 3.
... divine , containing and directing all things : divine too are the innumerable 1 Διδόναι γὰρ αὐτὰ τίσιν καὶ δίκην τῆς ἀδικίας . R. and P. § 18 . worlds which it is ever generating and re - absorbing I - 2 ANAXIMANDER . 3.
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... divine life after death , that those who failed to profit by this discipline would pass into lower forms of life , or suffer severer penalties in Hades . Heraclides Ponticus reports ( Diog . L. Proem . 12 , Cic . Tusc . v . 3 ) that ...
... divine life after death , that those who failed to profit by this discipline would pass into lower forms of life , or suffer severer penalties in Hades . Heraclides Ponticus reports ( Diog . L. Proem . 12 , Cic . Tusc . v . 3 ) that ...
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... divine element pervading the world , is a sort of fire made up of small , round , smooth atoms in continual motion , and largely mixed with vacuum . The account given by Democritus of the origin of the existing universe is that there ...
... divine element pervading the world , is a sort of fire made up of small , round , smooth atoms in continual motion , and largely mixed with vacuum . The account given by Democritus of the origin of the existing universe is that there ...
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... divine call , he mixed with men of every class wherever they were to be found , cross- questioning them as to the grounds of their beliefs , and endeavouring to awaken in them a consciousness of their ignorance and a desire for real ...
... divine call , he mixed with men of every class wherever they were to be found , cross- questioning them as to the grounds of their beliefs , and endeavouring to awaken in them a consciousness of their ignorance and a desire for real ...
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... divine warnings , that it was his special mission to bring men to this consciousness . The next step on the way to knowledge was to get clear general notions , by comparing a number of specific cases in which the same general term was ...
... divine warnings , that it was his special mission to bring men to this consciousness . The next step on the way to knowledge was to get clear general notions , by comparing a number of specific cases in which the same general term was ...
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