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... interest in things from the East . Men turned to the older civilizations of Egypt and Asia Minor to look for the gods who served men there . Hence there is a great importation into the Graeco - Roman world of Isis and Osiris , of Cybele ...
... interest in things from the East . Men turned to the older civilizations of Egypt and Asia Minor to look for the gods who served men there . Hence there is a great importation into the Graeco - Roman world of Isis and Osiris , of Cybele ...
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... interest in whatever is done to one's fellows.9 He The point of view is fundamentally quite different between the Greek Eros and the Christian Agape . There is in Greek literature considerable emphasis on Eros . But this Eros can- not ...
... interest in whatever is done to one's fellows.9 He The point of view is fundamentally quite different between the Greek Eros and the Christian Agape . There is in Greek literature considerable emphasis on Eros . But this Eros can- not ...
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Ralph Stob. There are in this Christian attitude two points of interest . The first is that love of one's fellow - man completely eclipses the love of self . It emphasizes abandonment of self , complete self - sacrifice . The " other ...
Ralph Stob. There are in this Christian attitude two points of interest . The first is that love of one's fellow - man completely eclipses the love of self . It emphasizes abandonment of self , complete self - sacrifice . The " other ...
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