A History of Greek Philosophy: (1969) : The fifth-century enlightenmentCambridge University Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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... says , were asked to name the best laws and customs , each would choose his own ; and he illustrates this by the ... say ( again with reference to incest ) that no behaviour is shameful if it does not seem so to those who practise it ...
... says , were asked to name the best laws and customs , each would choose his own ; and he illustrates this by the ... say ( again with reference to incest ) that no behaviour is shameful if it does not seem so to those who practise it ...
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... say whether gods existed or not , one may set the curious and thought - provoking words of Euripides's Hecuba in her plea for mercy ( Hec . 799 ff . ) : the gods , she says , have power , and so has nomos , which is master of the gods ...
... say whether gods existed or not , one may set the curious and thought - provoking words of Euripides's Hecuba in her plea for mercy ( Hec . 799 ff . ) : the gods , she says , have power , and so has nomos , which is master of the gods ...
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... says that Euthydemus collected ' many of the written works of the most celebrated poets and sophists ' . Among the latter would be a man like Anaxagoras , whose book we know to have been on general sale , and whom Aeschines of Sphettus ...
... says that Euthydemus collected ' many of the written works of the most celebrated poets and sophists ' . Among the latter would be a man like Anaxagoras , whose book we know to have been on general sale , and whom Aeschines of Sphettus ...
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... says of the wise Diotima , with a touch of humour , that she answered his question ' like a real sophistes ' . Here the translation of Michael Joyce , though lengthy , strikes the right note : ' with an air of authority that was almost ...
... says of the wise Diotima , with a touch of humour , that she answered his question ' like a real sophistes ' . Here the translation of Michael Joyce , though lengthy , strikes the right note : ' with an air of authority that was almost ...
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... say no professional stigma attached to the name in earlier days , and in any case , as we have seen , it was in fact ... says Plutarch , though a leading Sophist and in fact the mentor of Pericles in politics , he used his musical ...
... say no professional stigma attached to the name in earlier days , and in any case , as we have seen , it was in fact ... says Plutarch , though a leading Sophist and in fact the mentor of Pericles in politics , he used his musical ...
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A History of Greek Philosophy: The fifth-century enlightenment William Keith Chambers Guthrie No preview available - 1962 |
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