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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... occasion to speak of the great Stagirite . Epicurus , in a treatise which is cited under the title of A Letter on the Pursuits and Habits of former Philosophers , related several stories to his disparagement . The same , perhaps , was ...
... occasion to speak of the great Stagirite . Epicurus , in a treatise which is cited under the title of A Letter on the Pursuits and Habits of former Philosophers , related several stories to his disparagement . The same , perhaps , was ...
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... occasion to 1 Cicero , Brut . 91. He is alluded to in Epp . ad . Attic . iv . 11 . but in viii . 11. ix . 9. xiii . 6. it is Demetrius the Syrian , a rhetori- cian , who is referred to . This latter is also spoken of in Brut . 91 . 2 ...
... occasion to 1 Cicero , Brut . 91. He is alluded to in Epp . ad . Attic . iv . 11 . but in viii . 11. ix . 9. xiii . 6. it is Demetrius the Syrian , a rhetori- cian , who is referred to . This latter is also spoken of in Brut . 91 . 2 ...
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... occasion to show in the sequel , was probably written during this period of his life , is described by Cicero2 as contain- ing an account of the theories of all his predecessors upon this subject , from the time of Tisias , the first ...
... occasion to show in the sequel , was probably written during this period of his life , is described by Cicero2 as contain- ing an account of the theories of all his predecessors upon this subject , from the time of Tisias , the first ...
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... occasion it is said that Plato compared his pupil's conduct to that of the young foals who kick at their dam as soon as dropped3 . And the opinion that Aristotle had in some way or other behaved with ingratitude to his master ...
... occasion it is said that Plato compared his pupil's conduct to that of the young foals who kick at their dam as soon as dropped3 . And the opinion that Aristotle had in some way or other behaved with ingratitude to his master ...
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... occasion to mention up to their earliest ori- gin , and refutes them in a masterly manner . There is a literary notice of him in Fabricius's Bibliotheca Græca , iii . c . viii . where see Heumann's note . It is curious that in the Latin ...
... occasion to mention up to their earliest ori- gin , and refutes them in a masterly manner . There is a literary notice of him in Fabricius's Bibliotheca Græca , iii . c . viii . where see Heumann's note . It is curious that in the Latin ...
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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.