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... manners which then prevailed . But nothing is a stronger proof of the high estimation in which he was held in Greece , than what happened to him at the Olympic games : He was received as a god descended from heaven ; and all the ...
... manners which then prevailed . But nothing is a stronger proof of the high estimation in which he was held in Greece , than what happened to him at the Olympic games : He was received as a god descended from heaven ; and all the ...
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... manner too in which the subject is handled , affords the best illustration of that " sapientiæ insanien tis " -cleverness without sound sense - in the meshes of which Horace says he was at one time caught , and to which he might have ...
... manner too in which the subject is handled , affords the best illustration of that " sapientiæ insanien tis " -cleverness without sound sense - in the meshes of which Horace says he was at one time caught , and to which he might have ...
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... manner in which Socrates , who confessed he knew nothing , was accustomed to confute those who pretend to know every thing . The design of the dialogue is gradually to unfold the nature of the beautiful as subsisting in the soul . That ...
... manner in which Socrates , who confessed he knew nothing , was accustomed to confute those who pretend to know every thing . The design of the dialogue is gradually to unfold the nature of the beautiful as subsisting in the soul . That ...
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... manner of its composition , than for the different effects which the perusal of it is related to have formerly produced . For the argu- ments which it contains for the immortality of the soul , are said to have incited Cleombrotus to ...
... manner of its composition , than for the different effects which the perusal of it is related to have formerly produced . For the argu- ments which it contains for the immortality of the soul , are said to have incited Cleombrotus to ...
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... manner , it is divided into twelve parts . In the first part , therefore , Plato proposes the sub- ject of discussion , viz .: What the good of man is , and whether wisdom or pleasure is more conducive to the attainment of this good ...
... manner , it is divided into twelve parts . In the first part , therefore , Plato proposes the sub- ject of discussion , viz .: What the good of man is , and whether wisdom or pleasure is more conducive to the attainment of this good ...
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Page 197 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 197 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Page 197 - Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
Page 196 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead
Page 196 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 193 - And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Page 193 - Now that the dead are raised, ° even Moses showed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living : for 'all live unto him.
Page 184 - ... resurrection. The corn by which we live, and for want of which we perish with famine, is notwithstanding cast upon the earth, and buried in the ground, with a design that it may corrupt, and being corrupted may revive and multiply; our bodies are fed with this constant experiment, and we continue this present life by a succession of resurrections.
Page 198 - But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel : Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
Page 180 - ... for the next, and believing that the several generations of rational creatures, which rise up and disappear in such quick successions, are only to receive their first rudiments of existence here, and afterwards to be transplanted into a more friendly climate, where they may spread and flourish to all eternity.