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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... with Aristotle's works . 2 Contr . Apion . lib . i . ἀνὴρ περὶ πᾶσαν ἱστορίαν ἐπιμελής . " Athenæus ( xiii . p . 589. xv . p . 696. ) cites him , év t❖ πρútą περὶ ̓Αριστοτέλους . EARLY LITERATURE ON THE SUBJECT . 3 direct means of.
... with Aristotle's works . 2 Contr . Apion . lib . i . ἀνὴρ περὶ πᾶσαν ἱστορίαν ἐπιμελής . " Athenæus ( xiii . p . 589. xv . p . 696. ) cites him , év t❖ πρútą περὶ ̓Αριστοτέλους . EARLY LITERATURE ON THE SUBJECT . 3 direct means of.
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... means of ascertaining , but who probably is to be placed somewhere about the end of the third cen- tury before the Christian era , Timotheus of Athens , is also to be added to the number of his early bio- graphers . But independently of ...
... means of ascertaining , but who probably is to be placed somewhere about the end of the third cen- tury before the Christian era , Timotheus of Athens , is also to be added to the number of his early bio- graphers . But independently of ...
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... means of obtaining the copy of a book was by the laborious process of tran- scription , the expense necessarily confined its acquisi- tion to comparatively few persons , and when to this drawback we add those arising from voluminous ...
... means of obtaining the copy of a book was by the laborious process of tran- scription , the expense necessarily confined its acquisi- tion to comparatively few persons , and when to this drawback we add those arising from voluminous ...
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... means to ascertain truth where the later writers were deficient in both . This is particularly the case with certain classes of facts . Anecdotes illustra- tive of individual character or habits of life readily spring up and have a ...
... means to ascertain truth where the later writers were deficient in both . This is particularly the case with certain classes of facts . Anecdotes illustra- tive of individual character or habits of life readily spring up and have a ...
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... means of determining more than that it was sufficiently long to imbue the object of it with a respect and gratitude which endured through life . At the age of seventeen , however , it terminated , and Aristotle , master of himself and ...
... means of determining more than that it was sufficiently long to imbue the object of it with a respect and gratitude which endured through life . At the age of seventeen , however , it terminated , and Aristotle , master of himself and ...
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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.