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Side 52
... philosopher chufe , however , to involve this eternal truth in artful and laboured obfcurity . 71 That fentiment is expreffed almoft in the words of Julian him- felf . Ammian . xxii . 10 . dem : 72 73 XXII . dem " but he absolutely ...
... philosopher chufe , however , to involve this eternal truth in artful and laboured obfcurity . 71 That fentiment is expreffed almoft in the words of Julian him- felf . Ammian . xxii . 10 . dem : 72 73 XXII . dem " but he absolutely ...
Side 73
... philosophers inclined to the whimfical fancy of Aristophanes and Lucian , that an unbelieving age might ftarve the immortal gods . See Obfervations de Spanheim , p . 284 . 444 , & c . fun , : XXIII . CHAP . fun , moon , and stars OF THE ...
... philosophers inclined to the whimfical fancy of Aristophanes and Lucian , that an unbelieving age might ftarve the immortal gods . See Obfervations de Spanheim , p . 284 . 444 , & c . fun , : XXIII . CHAP . fun , moon , and stars OF THE ...
Side 141
... philosopher , he was fenfible that mankind had much greater obligations to Socrates than to Alexander ( Qrat , ad Themiftium , p . 264. ) . He re- folves to march a- gainst the A. D. 362 . Perfians , the CHAP . the Eaft , from the ...
... philosopher , he was fenfible that mankind had much greater obligations to Socrates than to Alexander ( Qrat , ad Themiftium , p . 264. ) . He re- folves to march a- gainst the A. D. 362 . Perfians , the CHAP . the Eaft , from the ...
Side 224
... philosopher was degraded into a priest . The purity of his virtue was fullied by exceffive vanity ; his fuperftition disturbed the peace , and endangered the fafety , of a mighty empire ; and his irregular fallies were the lefs intitled ...
... philosopher was degraded into a priest . The purity of his virtue was fullied by exceffive vanity ; his fuperftition disturbed the peace , and endangered the fafety , of a mighty empire ; and his irregular fallies were the lefs intitled ...
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