A History of Greek Philosophy: (1969) : The fifth-century enlightenmentCambridge University Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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... wrong . For Critias the gods were the invention of an ingenious legislator to prevent men from breaking the laws when not under supervision . Prodicus may , like some nineteenth - century anthro- pologists , have seen the early stages ...
... wrong . For Critias the gods were the invention of an ingenious legislator to prevent men from breaking the laws when not under supervision . Prodicus may , like some nineteenth - century anthro- pologists , have seen the early stages ...
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... wrong purposes , are hinted at again in a fragment of Sophocles ( 97 Nauck ) : ' A well - disposed mind , with righteous thoughts , is a better inventor than any sophistes . ' Sophocles was an exact contemporary of Protagoras , and in ...
... wrong purposes , are hinted at again in a fragment of Sophocles ( 97 Nauck ) : ' A well - disposed mind , with righteous thoughts , is a better inventor than any sophistes . ' Sophocles was an exact contemporary of Protagoras , and in ...
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... wrong ' if they don't happen to know them already ' ( 460a ) , while at the same time maintaining that the teacher is not responsible for the use made of his teaching . For the correctness of including Gorgias among the Sophists see now ...
... wrong ' if they don't happen to know them already ' ( 460a ) , while at the same time maintaining that the teacher is not responsible for the use made of his teaching . For the correctness of including Gorgias among the Sophists see now ...
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... wrong , or , if they do , they blatantly uphold the wrong and despise the right . The young generation are luxury - loving , effeminate , immoral and cowardly . Look at the drama : no longer do playwrights choose high and noble themes ...
... wrong , or , if they do , they blatantly uphold the wrong and despise the right . The young generation are luxury - loving , effeminate , immoral and cowardly . Look at the drama : no longer do playwrights choose high and noble themes ...
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... wrong by compelling , but she who was persuaded acted under the compulsion of the word and it is vain to upbraid her . ' Thus Helen is absolved from blame and depicted as a helpless victim , deserving pity , not hatred or condemnation.2 ...
... wrong by compelling , but she who was persuaded acted under the compulsion of the word and it is vain to upbraid her . ' Thus Helen is absolved from blame and depicted as a helpless victim , deserving pity , not hatred or condemnation.2 ...
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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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