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... EXIST , AND WHAT AIDS WE SHOULD PROVIDE AGAINST THEM XXVIII . THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH MEN ; AND WHAT ARE THE SMALL AND THE GREAT THINGS AMONG MEN • XXIX . ON CONSTANCY ( OR FIRMNESS ) XXX . WHAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE CIRCUMSTANCES ...
... EXIST , AND WHAT AIDS WE SHOULD PROVIDE AGAINST THEM XXVIII . THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH MEN ; AND WHAT ARE THE SMALL AND THE GREAT THINGS AMONG MEN • XXIX . ON CONSTANCY ( OR FIRMNESS ) XXX . WHAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE CIRCUMSTANCES ...
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... exist , for we cannot conceive such virtues as a wise man possesses otherwise than from the examples of human nature itself and by meeting with men such as those who are named divine and godlike . The Stoical doctrine that man should ...
... exist , for we cannot conceive such virtues as a wise man possesses otherwise than from the examples of human nature itself and by meeting with men such as those who are named divine and godlike . The Stoical doctrine that man should ...
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... exist : others say that it exists , but is inactive and careless THE PHILOSOPHY OF EPICTETUS . xxiii.
... exist : others say that it exists , but is inactive and careless THE PHILOSOPHY OF EPICTETUS . xxiii.
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george long. say that it exists , but is inactive and careless , and takes no forethought about anything ; a third class say such a being exists and exercises forethought , but only about great things and heavenly things , and about ...
george long. say that it exists , but is inactive and careless , and takes no forethought about anything ; a third class say such a being exists and exercises forethought , but only about great things and heavenly things , and about ...
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... exist by chance and from their own proper motion " ? It is enough for animals to do what their nature leads them to do without understanding why they do it . But it is not enough for us to whom God has given also the intel- lectual ...
... exist by chance and from their own proper motion " ? It is enough for animals to do what their nature leads them to do without understanding why they do it . But it is not enough for us to whom God has given also the intel- lectual ...
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