A History of Greek Philosophy: The fifth-century enlightenmentUniversity Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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... least our own troubled age . This temptation too I have not resisted entirely , while freely acknowledging both my own lack of expertise in these later fields and the danger ( which I hope I have not ignored ) of making comparisons that ...
... least our own troubled age . This temptation too I have not resisted entirely , while freely acknowledging both my own lack of expertise in these later fields and the danger ( which I hope I have not ignored ) of making comparisons that ...
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... least for him there was a reality behind appearances , whether or not we could grasp it fully . Even this was abandoned by some of the Sophists in favour of an out - and - out phenomenalism . Such radical scepticism as that of ...
... least for him there was a reality behind appearances , whether or not we could grasp it fully . Even this was abandoned by some of the Sophists in favour of an out - and - out phenomenalism . Such radical scepticism as that of ...
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... least it is important to show that Plato's portrayal of the Sophists , so hotly debated today , was well and truly put on trial by the great Victorians , many of whom were not only fine scholars but men of affairs with experience in ...
... least it is important to show that Plato's portrayal of the Sophists , so hotly debated today , was well and truly put on trial by the great Victorians , many of whom were not only fine scholars but men of affairs with experience in ...
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... least controlled it , but the theories of the natural philosophers left no part for Zeus to play in the produc- tion of rain , thunder or lightning , nor for Poseidon in the terror of earthquakes.1 In so far as the new spirit was a ...
... least controlled it , but the theories of the natural philosophers left no part for Zeus to play in the produc- tion of rain , thunder or lightning , nor for Poseidon in the terror of earthquakes.1 In so far as the new spirit was a ...
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... least being fickleness . The treat- ment of Mytilene by the Athenian democracy illustrates its dangers , and perhaps its virtues also . After putting down a revolt there in 428 , the Assembly under the influence of Cleon sent a trireme ...
... least being fickleness . The treat- ment of Mytilene by the Athenian democracy illustrates its dangers , and perhaps its virtues also . After putting down a revolt there in 428 , the Assembly under the influence of Cleon sent a trireme ...
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