A History of Greek Philosophy: (1969) : The fifth-century enlightenmentCambridge University Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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... teaching of Socrates , but culminates later in Plato's ideal theory , according to which such concepts as justice and beauty , as well as identity and equality and many others , have an existence apart from the human mind , as ...
... teaching of Socrates , but culminates later in Plato's ideal theory , according to which such concepts as justice and beauty , as well as identity and equality and many others , have an existence apart from the human mind , as ...
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... teaching of even the best of the Sophists was bound in the end to reduce everything to a matter of individual preference and prejudice , and turn philosophy from the search for truth into a means of satisfying the demands of selfishness ...
... teaching of even the best of the Sophists was bound in the end to reduce everything to a matter of individual preference and prejudice , and turn philosophy from the search for truth into a means of satisfying the demands of selfishness ...
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... teach a young man ' the proper care of his personal affairs , so that he may best manage his own household , and also of the State's affairs , so as to become a real power in the city , both as speaker and man of action ' . For this ...
... teach a young man ' the proper care of his personal affairs , so that he may best manage his own household , and also of the State's affairs , so as to become a real power in the city , both as speaker and man of action ' . For this ...
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... teaching . Pericles was a friend of Protagoras , and when Gorgias appeared before the Athenians in 427 the novel flowers of oratory with which he pleaded the cause of his Sicilian fatherland aroused their astonished admiration ( p . 179 ...
... teaching . Pericles was a friend of Protagoras , and when Gorgias appeared before the Athenians in 427 the novel flowers of oratory with which he pleaded the cause of his Sicilian fatherland aroused their astonished admiration ( p . 179 ...
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... teach areté , but was this something that could be instilled by teaching ? Areté when used without qualification denoted those qualities of human excellence which made a man a natural leader in his community , and hitherto it had been ...
... teach areté , but was this something that could be instilled by teaching ? Areté when used without qualification denoted those qualities of human excellence which made a man a natural leader in his community , and hitherto it had been ...
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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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