A Life of Aristotle: Including a Critical Discussion of Some Questions of Literary History Connected with His WorksJ. and J.J. Deighton, 1839 - 181 pages |
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... illustration of these became the principal business of men of letters under his successors . Under Ptolemy the accumulation was so rapid that there was no . time for this . Galen relates that when any merchant - vessels put into the ...
... illustration of these became the principal business of men of letters under his successors . Under Ptolemy the accumulation was so rapid that there was no . time for this . Galen relates that when any merchant - vessels put into the ...
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... illustration than a formal treatise . And this is an important point , inasmuch as it proves that he assumed the functions of an instructor during this his first residence at Athens . However , such part of his subject as embraced the ...
... illustration than a formal treatise . And this is an important point , inasmuch as it proves that he assumed the functions of an instructor during this his first residence at Athens . However , such part of his subject as embraced the ...
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... illustrations , which considering the circumstances of the case were certainly dangerous , although in refer- ence to the then prevailing tone of morality we shall scarcely be justified in censuring them . Harmodius and Aristogiton ...
... illustrations , which considering the circumstances of the case were certainly dangerous , although in refer- ence to the then prevailing tone of morality we shall scarcely be justified in censuring them . Harmodius and Aristogiton ...
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... illustrated in a striking light . But we must be very careful not to confuse these resulting fecit , assidueque ... illustration may perhaps be useful in clearing up what we apprehend to have been the real division . For the ...
... illustrated in a striking light . But we must be very careful not to confuse these resulting fecit , assidueque ... illustration may perhaps be useful in clearing up what we apprehend to have been the real division . For the ...
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... illustration to show that this is not the case , but that it proceeds from the natural conviction of the human mind , un- swayed by any particular bias , as soon as its attention is roused to these objects . " Suppose there to exist ...
... illustration to show that this is not the case , but that it proceeds from the natural conviction of the human mind , un- swayed by any particular bias , as soon as its attention is roused to these objects . " Suppose there to exist ...
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Page 74 - This is some fellow, Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness, and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : he cannot flatter, he, — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he 's plain.