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Page 34
... knowledge of a few letters most necessary , knew merely enough to sign their names . The Bible was only known by reputation . In 1735 , Constantine Mavrocordato , who had undertaken the task of replacing barbar- ism by civilisation in ...
... knowledge of a few letters most necessary , knew merely enough to sign their names . The Bible was only known by reputation . In 1735 , Constantine Mavrocordato , who had undertaken the task of replacing barbar- ism by civilisation in ...
Page 248
... knowledge is best obtained from the mind being forced to measure itself with other minds , and thus to discover the shal- lowness of its knowledge , and the groundlessness of its opinions . In this country , where every man is called to ...
... knowledge is best obtained from the mind being forced to measure itself with other minds , and thus to discover the shal- lowness of its knowledge , and the groundlessness of its opinions . In this country , where every man is called to ...
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... knowledge , in comparison with which all other knowledge is idle and unprofitable , and guiding them to the search after those truths , in comparison with which all mathema- tical truth is vanity itself . I may add , that the beneficial ...
... knowledge , in comparison with which all other knowledge is idle and unprofitable , and guiding them to the search after those truths , in comparison with which all mathema- tical truth is vanity itself . I may add , that the beneficial ...
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