A History of Greek Philosophy: The fifth-century enlightenment. IntroductionCambridge University Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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... passage offers some interesting points which are not matched in other sources : the attempted reconciliation of nomos and physis , the idea of the ' man of steel ' and his fate , and the combination of democratic ideals with a horror of ...
... passage offers some interesting points which are not matched in other sources : the attempted reconciliation of nomos and physis , the idea of the ' man of steel ' and his fate , and the combination of democratic ideals with a horror of ...
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... passage follows an account of cos- mogony and the origin of life from the action of heat on damp and putrefy- ing matter . ) So much for what our predecessors have said about the first beginnings of all things . As for the first ...
... passage follows an account of cos- mogony and the origin of life from the action of heat on damp and putrefy- ing matter . ) So much for what our predecessors have said about the first beginnings of all things . As for the first ...
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... passages in Sextus , of which Dodds quotes one , are offered as explanations of his atheism . Dodds translates the last words of the Themistius passage ( h ) as a claim that Prodicus had ' put piety on a sound foundation ' , but even if ...
... passages in Sextus , of which Dodds quotes one , are offered as explanations of his atheism . Dodds translates the last words of the Themistius passage ( h ) as a claim that Prodicus had ' put piety on a sound foundation ' , but even if ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
TOPICS OF THE DAY | 14 |
WHAT IS A SOPHIST? | 27 |
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