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... tyrant was the worst that can be imagined of a human being , because he is the one example possible in the state of the unlimited , rampant human ego , which , because it is opposed to all order and sensitive only to self , is ...
... tyrant was the worst that can be imagined of a human being , because he is the one example possible in the state of the unlimited , rampant human ego , which , because it is opposed to all order and sensitive only to self , is ...
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... tyrant thereby no excuse . But first the lawless tyrant , who denies To know their God , or message to regard , Must be compelled by signs and judgments dire ; To blood unshed the rivers must be turned . ( 95-96 ) ( 173-76 ; italics ...
... tyrant thereby no excuse . But first the lawless tyrant , who denies To know their God , or message to regard , Must be compelled by signs and judgments dire ; To blood unshed the rivers must be turned . ( 95-96 ) ( 173-76 ; italics ...
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... tyrants , then " God himself should be called king of tyrants and even the greatest tyrant himself " ( Yale 4 , pt . 1 : 367 , n . 92 ) . This accusation may stand as a test case , for here Salmasius prefigures generations of critical ...
... tyrants , then " God himself should be called king of tyrants and even the greatest tyrant himself " ( Yale 4 , pt . 1 : 367 , n . 92 ) . This accusation may stand as a test case , for here Salmasius prefigures generations of critical ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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