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... object was not to dispute the truths of Christianity , but only to open to the unlearned the sealed books of Greek philosophy . 1 A.D. 800-875 . 2 Spec . Hist . , xxi . 15 ; xvii . 56 . John of Salisbury ( 1110-1180 ) , on the other A ...
... object was not to dispute the truths of Christianity , but only to open to the unlearned the sealed books of Greek philosophy . 1 A.D. 800-875 . 2 Spec . Hist . , xxi . 15 ; xvii . 56 . John of Salisbury ( 1110-1180 ) , on the other A ...
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... object and aim of Boethius to import Greek wisdom into his native land . To this end he translated the works of Pythagoras on music , of Ptolemy on astronomy , of Nicomachus on arith- metic , of Euclid on geometry , of Archimedes on ...
... object and aim of Boethius to import Greek wisdom into his native land . To this end he translated the works of Pythagoras on music , of Ptolemy on astronomy , of Nicomachus on arith- metic , of Euclid on geometry , of Archimedes on ...
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... objects , cannot alter the rights of things , and , following the teaching of Socrates , I do not deem it right either to hide the truth or to confess a false- hood . Be this as it may , I leave the question to be weighed by thy ...
... objects , cannot alter the rights of things , and , following the teaching of Socrates , I do not deem it right either to hide the truth or to confess a false- hood . Be this as it may , I leave the question to be weighed by thy ...
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... object of this mission was we have no means of knowing , but we may guess that it was the occasion on which the intrigue between the senate and the emperor was discovered which brought about the trial at Verona . The letter goes on to ...
... object of this mission was we have no means of knowing , but we may guess that it was the occasion on which the intrigue between the senate and the emperor was discovered which brought about the trial at Verona . The letter goes on to ...
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... object of their aspirations ? Not in wealth , for in the amassing of riches a man must needs rob his neighbour . Nor yet in an honourable position , for the climbing to office involves the preliminary humiliation of the canvass for ...
... object of their aspirations ? Not in wealth , for in the amassing of riches a man must needs rob his neighbour . Nor yet in an honourable position , for the climbing to office involves the preliminary humiliation of the canvass for ...
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