The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius AntoninusG. Bell, 1901 - 216 pages |
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... observe that this was a declaration of hostility against the Roman government , which tolerated all the various forms of superstition that existed in the empire , and could not con- sistently tolerate another religion , which declared ...
... observe that this was a declaration of hostility against the Roman government , which tolerated all the various forms of superstition that existed in the empire , and could not con- sistently tolerate another religion , which declared ...
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... observing the distinction . Antoninus does not treat of Politic . His subject is Ethic , and Ethic in its practical application to his own conduct in life as a man and as a governor . His Ethic is founded on his doctrines about man's ...
... observing the distinction . Antoninus does not treat of Politic . His subject is Ethic , and Ethic in its practical application to his own conduct in life as a man and as a governor . His Ethic is founded on his doctrines about man's ...
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... observe a regular sequence of phaenomena , which within the limits of experience present and past , so far as we know the past , is fixed and invariable . But if this is not so , if the order and sequence of phaenomena , as known to us ...
... observe a regular sequence of phaenomena , which within the limits of experience present and past , so far as we know the past , is fixed and invariable . But if this is not so , if the order and sequence of phaenomena , as known to us ...
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... observe in the government of the world is too strong to be dis- turbed by any apparent irregularities in the order of things . That these disorders exist is a fact , and those who would conclude from them against the being and ...
... observe in the government of the world is too strong to be dis- turbed by any apparent irregularities in the order of things . That these disorders exist is a fact , and those who would conclude from them against the being and ...
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... observe the superstition of the Jews ; and what was this love to one another which they had , and why this new kind of religion was introduced now and not before . My friend Mr. Jenkins , rector of Lyminge in Kent , has suggested to me ...
... observe the superstition of the Jews ; and what was this love to one another which they had , and why this new kind of religion was introduced now and not before . My friend Mr. Jenkins , rector of Lyminge in Kent , has suggested to me ...
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