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... Stoicism we find a strong contrast . The ultimate substance there lacks both personality and spirituality . Repeatedly the Stoics speak of the primal substance as fire , and that is God . This is why that element will finally also ...
... Stoicism we find a strong contrast . The ultimate substance there lacks both personality and spirituality . Repeatedly the Stoics speak of the primal substance as fire , and that is God . This is why that element will finally also ...
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... Stoicism the Logos constituted an ethereal sub- stance , akin to fire but more refined and subtle , and also more mobile . This was present in man , and all the world of na- ture . The two are therefore identical . And with identifica ...
... Stoicism the Logos constituted an ethereal sub- stance , akin to fire but more refined and subtle , and also more mobile . This was present in man , and all the world of na- ture . The two are therefore identical . And with identifica ...
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... Stoicism is not difficult . If one but remembers the origin and the strong- hold of Stoicism it becomes very clear . For though Stoicism took root in Athens ( in fact gets its name from the Painted Porch there ) and flourished in Rome ...
... Stoicism is not difficult . If one but remembers the origin and the strong- hold of Stoicism it becomes very clear . For though Stoicism took root in Athens ( in fact gets its name from the Painted Porch there ) and flourished in Rome ...
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IV | 38 |
Greek Thought in the New Testament | 58 |
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