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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... reason of Herodotus abstaining from giving it was , that a youth named Plesirrhoüs , to whom he was much attached , had fallen in love with a lady of that appellation , and , not succeeding in his suit , had hanged himself . This ...
... reason of Herodotus abstaining from giving it was , that a youth named Plesirrhoüs , to whom he was much attached , had fallen in love with a lady of that appellation , and , not succeeding in his suit , had hanged himself . This ...
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... of his rival . But we shall see presently this same Xenocrates in the character of Aristotle's travelling companion during the 2 P. 1096. col . i . c . 11. ed . Bekker . 28 REASONS AGAINST THE STORY . three eventful years of.
... of his rival . But we shall see presently this same Xenocrates in the character of Aristotle's travelling companion during the 2 P. 1096. col . i . c . 11. ed . Bekker . 28 REASONS AGAINST THE STORY . three eventful years of.
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... REASONS AGAINST THE STORY . three eventful years of his life which immediately fol- lowed the death of Plato , consequently at no long period after the alleged insult took place and was re- venged ; a circumstance which certainly is ...
... REASONS AGAINST THE STORY . three eventful years of his life which immediately fol- lowed the death of Plato , consequently at no long period after the alleged insult took place and was re- venged ; a circumstance which certainly is ...
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... reasons will 53 . 3 Strabo , xiii . p . 126 , ed . Tauchnitz . Diodorus Siculus , xvi , 4 Elian , Var . Hist . iii . 19. Eubulides ( ap . Aristocl . Euseb . Præp . Ev . xv . 2. ) alleged that Aristotle refused to be present at Plato's ...
... reasons will 53 . 3 Strabo , xiii . p . 126 , ed . Tauchnitz . Diodorus Siculus , xvi , 4 Elian , Var . Hist . iii . 19. Eubulides ( ap . Aristocl . Euseb . Præp . Ev . xv . 2. ) alleged that Aristotle refused to be present at Plato's ...
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... REASONS FOR GOING THERE . seem to deserve but little credit , when we consider that the position which Plato had held was not recog- nised in any public manner ; that there was neither endowment nor dignity attached to it ; that all ...
... REASONS FOR GOING THERE . seem to deserve but little credit , when we consider that the position which Plato had held was not recog- nised in any public manner ; that there was neither endowment nor dignity attached to it ; that all ...
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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.