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... the issue of wise predeterminations of a voluntary agent ; we must first satisfy
ourselves how far they are dependent on mundane or material conditions ,
occurring in a definite Universal and necessary series , ever bearing in mind the
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... the issue of wise predeterminations of a voluntary agent ; we must first satisfy
ourselves how far they are dependent on mundane or material conditions ,
occurring in a definite Universal and necessary series , ever bearing in mind the
2 * CH ...
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Universal and necessary series , ever bearing in mind the important principle that
an orderly sequence of inorganic events necessarily involves an orderly and
corresponding progression of organic life . To this doctrine of the control of
physical ...
Universal and necessary series , ever bearing in mind the important principle that
an orderly sequence of inorganic events necessarily involves an orderly and
corresponding progression of organic life . To this doctrine of the control of
physical ...
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... the modern historian cannot too carefully bear in mind the laws which •
regulate the production of men , and also the body of evidence which proves that
the crust of the earth is not inotionless , but rising in one place and sinking in
another .
... the modern historian cannot too carefully bear in mind the laws which •
regulate the production of men , and also the body of evidence which proves that
the crust of the earth is not inotionless , but rising in one place and sinking in
another .
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Not withont surprise do we trace the progress of the human mind . The barbarian
, as a believer in sorcery , lives in incessant dread . All Nature seems to be at
enmity with him and conspiring for his hurt . Out of the darkness he cannot tell
what ...
Not withont surprise do we trace the progress of the human mind . The barbarian
, as a believer in sorcery , lives in incessant dread . All Nature seems to be at
enmity with him and conspiring for his hurt . Out of the darkness he cannot tell
what ...
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The numerous Greek colonies founded all over Asia gave rise to an incessant
locomotion , and caused these natural objects to make a profound and
permanent impression on the Hellenic mind . If through the Bactrian empire
European ideas ...
The numerous Greek colonies founded all over Asia gave rise to an incessant
locomotion , and caused these natural objects to make a profound and
permanent impression on the Hellenic mind . If through the Bactrian empire
European ideas ...
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History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (Complete) John William Draper Vista previa limitada - 1903 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 104 - He is all similar, all eye, all ear, all brain, all arm, all power to perceive, to understand, and to act ; but in a manner not at all human, in a manner not at all corporeal, in a manner utterly unknown to us. As a blind man has no idea of colours, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.
Página 104 - Whence also he is all similar, all eye, all ear, all brain, all arm, all power to perceive, to understand, and to act; but in a manner not at all human, in a manner not at all corporeal, in a manner utterly unknown to us.
Página 297 - ... the heavens on all sides. Now I am really at a loss what to say of those who, when they have once gone wrong, steadily persevere in their folly, and defend one absurd opinion by...
Página 236 - ... provinces, and even the cabinet of the prince, were seized by that execrable race, as their lawful prey; where nothing was sacred, nothing safe from the hand of rapacity; where slaves were suborned, or, by their own malevolence, excited against their masters; where freedmen betrayed their patrons; and he, who had lived without an enemy, died by the treachery of a friend.
Página 191 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Página 313 - Mary, and a spirit proceeding from him. Believe therefore in God, and his apostles, and say not, There are three Gods; forbear this; it will be better for you. God is but one God. Far be it from him that he should have a son!
Página 92 - Wrongly do the Greeks suppose that aught begins or ceases to be ; for nothing comes into being or is destroyed ; but all is an aggregation or secretion of preexistent things ; so that 'all becoming' might more correctly be called ' becoming mixed,' and all corruption
Página 362 - XII, the amorous Marozia thus having given a son and a grandson to the papacy. John was only nineteen years old when he thus became the head of Christendom. His reign was characterized by the most shocking immoralities, so that the Emperor Otho I was compelled by the German clergy to interfere. A synod was summoned for his trial in the Church of St. Peter, before which it appeared that John had received bribes for the consecration of bishops; that he had ordained one who was...
Página 361 - ... prison and strangled. In the course of five years, from AD 896 to AD 900, five popes were consecrated. Leo V, who succeeded in AD 904, was in less than two months thrown into prison by Christopher, one of his chaplains, who usurped his place, and who, in his turn, was shortly expelled from Rome by Sergius III, who, by the aid of a military force, seized the pontificate, AD 905. This man, according to the testimony of the times, lived in criminal intercourse with the celebrated prostitute Theodora,...