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... gods , might prompt him to defire , to folicit , and even to haften the aufpicious moment of his reign , which was predestined to restore the ancient religion of 12 Julian . ad S. P. Q. Athen . p . 284. The devout Abbé de la Bleterie ...
... gods , might prompt him to defire , to folicit , and even to haften the aufpicious moment of his reign , which was predestined to restore the ancient religion of 12 Julian . ad S. P. Q. Athen . p . 284. The devout Abbé de la Bleterie ...
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... GODS ; and thus pub- licly renounced the religion , as well as the friend- ship , of Conftantius 23 . The fituation of Julian required a vigorous and immediate refolution . He had difcovered , from intercepted letters , that his ...
... GODS ; and thus pub- licly renounced the religion , as well as the friend- ship , of Conftantius 23 . The fituation of Julian required a vigorous and immediate refolution . He had difcovered , from intercepted letters , that his ...
Side 38
... Gods or of the Genii . From this principle he juftly concluded , that the man who prefumes to reign , fhould afpire to the perfection of the divine nature ; that he should purify his foul from her mortal and terrestrial part ; that he ...
... Gods or of the Genii . From this principle he juftly concluded , that the man who prefumes to reign , fhould afpire to the perfection of the divine nature ; that he should purify his foul from her mortal and terrestrial part ; that he ...
Side 55
... gods ; the heroes ; and the men , fu- perior to heroes and to gods ; who had bequeathed to the latest pofterity the monuments of their genius , or the example of their virtues . He re- lieved the distress , and restored the beauty , of ...
... gods ; the heroes ; and the men , fu- perior to heroes and to gods ; who had bequeathed to the latest pofterity the monuments of their genius , or the example of their virtues . He re- lieved the distress , and restored the beauty , of ...
Side 63
... gods of Athens and Rome , conftituted the ruling paffion of Julian ' ; the powers of an enlightened under- standing were betrayed and corrupted by the influence of fuperftitious prejudice ; and the phantoms which existed only in the ...
... gods of Athens and Rome , conftituted the ruling paffion of Julian ' ; the powers of an enlightened under- standing were betrayed and corrupted by the influence of fuperftitious prejudice ; and the phantoms which existed only in the ...
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