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Page xv
... explained the Ionic ' becoming ' as the result of the mixture of a number of unchangeable substances . Empedocles of Agrigentum ( b . 500 B.C. ) held that there were four eternal , self - subsistent elements or ' roots of things ...
... explained the Ionic ' becoming ' as the result of the mixture of a number of unchangeable substances . Empedocles of Agrigentum ( b . 500 B.C. ) held that there were four eternal , self - subsistent elements or ' roots of things ...
Page xxxiv
... explained from mechanical causes . The two main principles asserted by Epicurus were that nothing could be produced out of nothing , and that what exists cannot become non - existent . From these principles he deduced the truth of the ...
... explained from mechanical causes . The two main principles asserted by Epicurus were that nothing could be produced out of nothing , and that what exists cannot become non - existent . From these principles he deduced the truth of the ...
Page xlvi
... explained by direct copying on the part of the former , or whether both writers may not have borrowed from Zeno . I proceed now to point out what is the nature of these resem- blances , and I think it will be seen that they cannot be ...
... explained by direct copying on the part of the former , or whether both writers may not have borrowed from Zeno . I proceed now to point out what is the nature of these resem- blances , and I think it will be seen that they cannot be ...
Page xlviii
... explained by the fact that he reserves it all for the end ( pp . 84—89 ) . But then when we examine this later criticism , we find nothing in common between it and that in C. , as will be seen from the following xlviii INTRODUCTION .
... explained by the fact that he reserves it all for the end ( pp . 84—89 ) . But then when we examine this later criticism , we find nothing in common between it and that in C. , as will be seen from the following xlviii INTRODUCTION .
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... explained by the haste and carelessness which characterize the whole treatise , and of which we shall see instances in the latter half of the 1st book ; the special difficulty of § 25 is , I think , removed by the explanation given in ...
... explained by the haste and carelessness which characterize the whole treatise , and of which we shall see instances in the latter half of the 1st book ; the special difficulty of § 25 is , I think , removed by the explanation given in ...
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Page 153 - the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Koman world were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful '—he
Page 154 - is founded on faith not on reason ; and it is a sure method of exposing it, to put it to such a trial as it is by no means fitted to endure'. There is
Page lxvi - quam rationis momenta quaerenda sunt. Quin etiam obest plerumque iis, qui discere volunt, auctoritas eorum, qui se docere profitentur; desinunt enim suum judicium adhibere, id habent ratum, quod ab eo, quem probant, judicatum vident. Nec vero probare soleo id, quod de Pythagoreis accepimus, quos
Page lxxii - Crotoniates autem Alcmaeo, qui soli et lunae reliquisque sideribus animoque praeterea divinitatem dedit, non sensit sese mortalibus rebus immortalitatem dare. Nam Pythagoras, qui censuit animum esse per naturam rerum omnem intentum et commeantem, ex quo nostri animi carperentur, non vidit
Page 16 - imitatione servare. Accessit etiam ista opinio fortasse, quod homini homine pulchrius nihil videatur. Sed tu hoc, physice, non vides, quam blanda conciliatrix et quasi sui sit lena natura? An putas ullam esse terra marique beluam, quae non sui generis belua maxime delectetur? Quod ni ita esset, cur non gestiret
Page 8 - Epicurus autem, qui res occultas et penitus abditas non modo viderit animo, sed etiam sic tractet, ut manu, docet earn esse vim et naturam deorum, ut primum non sensu, sed mente cernatur, née soliditate quadam ñeque eadem ad
Page 6 - omnium firma consensio, intellegi necesse est esse déos; quoniam Ínsitas eorum vel potius innatas cognitiones habemus, de quo autem omnium natura consentit, id verum esse necesse est ; esse igitur déos confitendum est. Quod quoniam fere constat inter
Page 33 - potest esse sanctitas, si di humana non curant ? quae autem animans natura nihil curans ? Verius est igitur nimirum illud, quod familiaris omnium nostrum Posidonius disseruit in libro quinto de natura deorum, nullos esse déos Epicuro videri, quaeque is de dis immortalibus dixerit, invidiae detestandae
Page 3 - in libris, qui sunt de natura deorum, nulla species divina describitur ; déos enim octo esse dicit, quinqué eos, qui in stellis vagis nominantur, unum, qui ex omnibus sideribus, quae infixa cáelo sunt, ex dispersis quasi membris simplex sit putandus deus, septimum solem adjungit octavamque lunam ; qui quo
Page 14 - sit in omnibus disjunctionibus, in quibus 'aut etiam aut non' poneretur, alterum utrum esse verum, pertimuit, ne, si concessum esset hujus modi aliquid, 'Aut vivet eras aut non vivet Epicurus', alterutrum fieret necessarium: totum hoc 'aut etiam aut non' negavit esse necessarium; quo quid dici