A History of Greek Philosophy: (1969) : The fifth-century enlightenmentCambridge University Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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... universal authority for nomos no longer exists . Then the phrase ' unwritten law ' takes on a new and more sinister meaning , appropriate to the political realism of the age . The earlier history of the terms nomos and physis is ...
... universal authority for nomos no longer exists . Then the phrase ' unwritten law ' takes on a new and more sinister meaning , appropriate to the political realism of the age . The earlier history of the terms nomos and physis is ...
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... universal moral law was , therefore , to this extent on the wane , and it became pari passu more credible to regard moral rules as merely customary and relative , as having grown up to meet the needs of particular people in given places ...
... universal moral law was , therefore , to this extent on the wane , and it became pari passu more credible to regard moral rules as merely customary and relative , as having grown up to meet the needs of particular people in given places ...
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... universal , for they were no part of the original nature of man , so he adds the rider that , if anyone prove in- capable of acquiring them , he must be put to death as a cancerous growth in the body politic . Zeus's decree stands for ...
... universal , for they were no part of the original nature of man , so he adds the rider that , if anyone prove in- capable of acquiring them , he must be put to death as a cancerous growth in the body politic . Zeus's decree stands for ...
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... universal memory and mother of culture . I first brought beasts under the yoke , that with bodies bowed to the collar they might relieve mortals of their greatest toil , and brought horses to the chariot , obedient to the reins , to be ...
... universal memory and mother of culture . I first brought beasts under the yoke , that with bodies bowed to the collar they might relieve mortals of their greatest toil , and brought horses to the chariot , obedient to the reins , to be ...
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... universal human nature to dominate the unresisting , but equally to guard against attack . Pericles told the Athenians frankly that they held their empire ' like a tyranny ' ( 2.63.2 ) : it might have been wrong to acquire it , but it ...
... universal human nature to dominate the unresisting , but equally to guard against attack . Pericles told the Athenians frankly that they held their empire ' like a tyranny ' ( 2.63.2 ) : it might have been wrong to acquire it , but it ...
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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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