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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... perhaps , was the case with Aristippus ( apparently the grandson of the founder of the Cyrenean school ) in his work On the Luxury of Antiquity . And yet more valuable materials than were furnished by the two last - mentioned works , of ...
... perhaps , was the case with Aristippus ( apparently the grandson of the founder of the Cyrenean school ) in his work On the Luxury of Antiquity . And yet more valuable materials than were furnished by the two last - mentioned works , of ...
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... perhaps , whether some of the works we have noticed . ever found their way beyond the walls of the royal library at Alexandria , except in the shape of extracts . If this were the case , the destruction of the whole or a great part of ...
... perhaps , whether some of the works we have noticed . ever found their way beyond the walls of the royal library at Alexandria , except in the shape of extracts . If this were the case , the destruction of the whole or a great part of ...
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... in reference to this time , applies to the papyrus rolls , of which none perhaps contained more than a couple of closely printed octavo sheets , while some were very much less . 8 MISCELLANIES - PAMPHILA - PHAVORINUS . fluence of luxury.
... in reference to this time , applies to the papyrus rolls , of which none perhaps contained more than a couple of closely printed octavo sheets , while some were very much less . 8 MISCELLANIES - PAMPHILA - PHAVORINUS . fluence of luxury.
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... perhaps a codicil to it- has been - 1 See Xenophon , Rep . Ath . cap . ii . sec . 7 , 8 . 2 Pseudo - Ammonius , Vit . Arist . 3 * Athenæus , viii . p . 354. Ælian , Var . Hist . v . 9. That these two accounts are derived from the same ...
... perhaps a codicil to it- has been - 1 See Xenophon , Rep . Ath . cap . ii . sec . 7 , 8 . 2 Pseudo - Ammonius , Vit . Arist . 3 * Athenæus , viii . p . 354. Ælian , Var . Hist . v . 9. That these two accounts are derived from the same ...
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... perhaps be a feature of the story of Epicurus which we have just discussed : it has been conjectured , however , with great appearance of probability , that its sole foundation is the well - known maxim of Plato , that the study of the ...
... perhaps be a feature of the story of Epicurus which we have just discussed : it has been conjectured , however , with great appearance of probability , that its sole foundation is the well - known maxim of Plato , that the study of the ...
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