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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... writings furnished the Mohammedan con- querors of the East with a germ of science which , but for the effect of their religious and political insti- tutions , might have shot up into as tall a tree as it did produce in the West ; while ...
... writings furnished the Mohammedan con- querors of the East with a germ of science which , but for the effect of their religious and political insti- tutions , might have shot up into as tall a tree as it did produce in the West ; while ...
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... writings of the illustrious philoso- pher , but also wrote a biography of him ' . At any rate , about the same time , Hermippus of Smyrna , one of the Alexandrine school of learned men , whose re- search and accuracy is highly praised ...
... writings of the illustrious philoso- pher , but also wrote a biography of him ' . At any rate , about the same time , Hermippus of Smyrna , one of the Alexandrine school of learned men , whose re- search and accuracy is highly praised ...
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... writings of Homer , Virgil , and Livy . ( Sueton . Vit . § 34. ) Of Nero we are told " Liberales disciplinas omnes fere puer atti- git ; sed a philosophiâ eum mater avertit , monens imperaturo con- trariam esse , a cognitione veterum ...
... writings of Homer , Virgil , and Livy . ( Sueton . Vit . § 34. ) Of Nero we are told " Liberales disciplinas omnes fere puer atti- git ; sed a philosophiâ eum mater avertit , monens imperaturo con- trariam esse , a cognitione veterum ...
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... writings appears such a fondness for these pursuits as it seems impossible not to believe must have been imbibed in ... writing books on anatomical manipulation ; though I commend Marinus , who did . For it was superfluous for them to ...
... writings appears such a fondness for these pursuits as it seems impossible not to believe must have been imbibed in ... writing books on anatomical manipulation ; though I commend Marinus , who did . For it was superfluous for them to ...
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... writings , -there is much which may render us extremely suspicious of receiving it . In the first place , other stories of equal authority represent his feelings towards his master as those of ardent admiration and deep respect . His ...
... writings , -there is much which may render us extremely suspicious of receiving it . In the first place , other stories of equal authority represent his feelings towards his master as those of ardent admiration and deep respect . His ...
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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.