History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volumen1Harper & brothers, 1864 - 631 páginas |
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... action of man . And yet there The appearance of things depends altogether on the point of man . view we occupy . He who is immersed in the turmoil of a crowded city sees nothing but the acts of men , and , if he formed his opinion ...
... action of man . And yet there The appearance of things depends altogether on the point of man . view we occupy . He who is immersed in the turmoil of a crowded city sees nothing but the acts of men , and , if he formed his opinion ...
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... action of the human organization . ideas the compara- But such homogeneous conclusions , such similar pictures , are strictly peculiar to the infancy of humanity . The reasoning fac- From homogeneous ulty at length inevitably makes ...
... action of the human organization . ideas the compara- But such homogeneous conclusions , such similar pictures , are strictly peculiar to the infancy of humanity . The reasoning fac- From homogeneous ulty at length inevitably makes ...
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... action . The moral is prefigured by such myths as those of Prometheus and Epimetheus , the fore - thinker and the after - thinker ; the historical in the deluge of Deucalion , the sieges of Thebes and of Troy . A harmony with human ...
... action . The moral is prefigured by such myths as those of Prometheus and Epimetheus , the fore - thinker and the after - thinker ; the historical in the deluge of Deucalion , the sieges of Thebes and of Troy . A harmony with human ...
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... actions and their sequences were the same in the fore- time as now . belief of the Thus for many ages stood affairs . One after another , historians , phi- losophers , critics , poets , had given up the national faith , and lived under ...
... actions and their sequences were the same in the fore- time as now . belief of the Thus for many ages stood affairs . One after another , historians , phi- losophers , critics , poets , had given up the national faith , and lived under ...
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... actions alone are now to be seen in the world . An ignorant public demands the instant punishment of every suspected man . In their estimation , to distrust the traditions of the past is to be guilty of treason to the present . But all ...
... actions alone are now to be seen in the world . An ignorant public demands the instant punishment of every suspected man . In their estimation , to distrust the traditions of the past is to be guilty of treason to the present . But all ...
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Términos y frases comunes
advance AGE OF FAITH Age of Reason Alexandria Alhazen altogether ancient animal appear Arabian Arabs Aristotle Arius Asia asserted astronomical become Bishop body brought Buddhism cause centuries Charlemagne Christianity Church civilization clergy commenced condition considered Constantinople council dæmons death determined discovery divine doctrine earth ecclesiastical Egypt Egyptian emperor Europe European existence force France Greece Greek Greek philosophy heat Holy human ical ideas individual influence intellectual Italian Italy Jews khalifs king living manner matter ment Mohammedan monks moral motion movement nations nature Nestorians never opinion organic origin pagan Pantheism papacy papal passed period philosophy physical plants Plato Plotinus political pontiff pope principle progress Ptolemy relations religion religious respecting result rise Roman Rome Saracens social soon soul Spain succession theology theory things thought thousand tion true truth universe West worship
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Página 154 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd 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.
Página 503 - He was permitted to dine, with the family; but he was expected to content himself with the plainest fare. He might fill himself with the corned beef and the carrots : but, as soon as the tarts and cheesecakes made their appearance, he quitted his seat, and stood aloof till he was summoned to return thanks for the repast, from a great part of which he had been excluded...
Página 166 - This universe existed only in the first divine idea yet unexpanded, as if involved in darkness, imperceptible, undefinable, undiscoverable by reason, and undiscovered by revelation, as if it were wholly immersed in sleep...
Página iii - Social advancement is as completely under the control of natural law as is bodily growth. The life of an individual is a miniature of the life of a nation.
Página 411 - ... destroy the births of women, and the increase of cattle ; they blast the corn on the ground, the grapes of the vineyard, the fruits of the trees, the grass and herbs of the field.
Página 167 - He, whom the mind alone can perceive, whose essence eludes the external organs, who has no visible parts, who exists from eternity, even he, the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person. He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed...
Página 89 - It is allowed by all that the supreme God exists necessarily, and by the same necessity He exists always and everywhere. 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 44 - The fundamental tenet of the Vedanti school consisted, not in denying the existence of matter, that is, of solidity, impenetrability, and extended figure, (to deny which would be lunacy) but in correcting the popular notion of it, and in contending, that it has no essence independent of mental perception, that existence and perceptibility are convertible terms...
Página 514 - Having then assumed the motions of the earth, which are hereafter explained, by laborious and long observation I at length found, that if the motions of the other planets be compared with the revolution of the earth, not only their phenomena follow from the...
Página 167 - The waters are called nara, because they were the production of NARA, or the Spirit of God; and, since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named NARAYANA, or moving on the waters.