A History of Greek Philosophy: (1969) : The fifth-century enlightenmentCambridge University Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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... justice and beauty , as well as identity and equality and many others , have an existence apart from the human mind , as independent and unvarying standards to which human perceptions and human actions can and must be referred . With ...
... justice and beauty , as well as identity and equality and many others , have an existence apart from the human mind , as independent and unvarying standards to which human perceptions and human actions can and must be referred . With ...
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... justice and law exist in their own right , and all that we can do is to try to reproduce them , so far as possible , in our relations with one another . For a later parallel one might cite Hugo Grotius , in whose work ' the Platonism of ...
... justice and law exist in their own right , and all that we can do is to try to reproduce them , so far as possible , in our relations with one another . For a later parallel one might cite Hugo Grotius , in whose work ' the Platonism of ...
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... justice in recent claims that this generalization results from the academic habit of relying too heavily on Plato and Aristotle as representative of the Greek mind . In the fifth century the practical achievements of the human race were ...
... justice in recent claims that this generalization results from the academic habit of relying too heavily on Plato and Aristotle as representative of the Greek mind . In the fifth century the practical achievements of the human race were ...
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... justice were merely a device of the majority of weaklings to keep the strong man , who is nature's just man , from his rightful place . Nomos and physis were enemies , and right was on the side of physis . The Sophist Antiphon drew an ...
... justice were merely a device of the majority of weaklings to keep the strong man , who is nature's just man , from his rightful place . Nomos and physis were enemies , and right was on the side of physis . The Sophist Antiphon drew an ...
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... justice to whatever they lay down in their own interests . It will retain the name for as long as they keep their power . ( 2 ) THE UPHOLDERS OF ' NOMOS ' ( a ) Anthropological theories of progress ' What is this pact but the means by ...
... justice to whatever they lay down in their own interests . It will retain the name for as long as they keep their power . ( 2 ) THE UPHOLDERS OF ' NOMOS ' ( a ) Anthropological theories of progress ' What is this pact but the means by ...
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