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... political life , summarising the achievements of the past for the instruction of future generations . And as in the great philosophical treatises he traces the development of the Hellenic mind in ethics and politics and metaphysics , so ...
... political life , summarising the achievements of the past for the instruction of future generations . And as in the great philosophical treatises he traces the development of the Hellenic mind in ethics and politics and metaphysics , so ...
Page 143
... political , and religious life of the State . On all art - forms there is to rest religious approbation . In the Laws there is little distinction between religious and political justification ; God , we are told , is the beginning , the ...
... political , and religious life of the State . On all art - forms there is to rest religious approbation . In the Laws there is little distinction between religious and political justification ; God , we are told , is the beginning , the ...
Page 153
... political duties which seemed , especially to the citizen of the fourth century B.C. , irksome and devoid of pleasure , would be undertaken in the willing and happy spirit of his pastimes . That is the ideal at which Plato is aiming ...
... political duties which seemed , especially to the citizen of the fourth century B.C. , irksome and devoid of pleasure , would be undertaken in the willing and happy spirit of his pastimes . That is the ideal at which Plato is aiming ...
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THE ETERNAL WANDERER Page | 1 |
THE GREEK VIEW OF LIFE | 17 |
THE SUBSTANCE of Greek TRAGEDY | 39 |
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