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... souls of men to be akin to the Gods ; but as they were mingled with the body , the soul must partake of the impurities of the body . The intelligent principle ( dtávota ) is free from all necessity ( compulsion ) and self sufficient ...
... souls of men to be akin to the Gods ; but as they were mingled with the body , the soul must partake of the impurities of the body . The intelligent principle ( dtávota ) is free from all necessity ( compulsion ) and self sufficient ...
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... soul in thinking , in reflecting and in stamping on the mind sound rules of life ; and second , in the enduring of bodily labours or pains , in which act of endurance the soul and the body act together . " The sum of his several rules ...
... soul in thinking , in reflecting and in stamping on the mind sound rules of life ; and second , in the enduring of bodily labours or pains , in which act of endurance the soul and the body act together . " The sum of his several rules ...
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... soul , in a word happiness , which is the true end and purpose of man's existence on earth . Every man carries in him his own enemy , whom he must carefully watch ( Ench . xlviii . ) . There is danger that appearances , which powerfully ...
... soul , in a word happiness , which is the true end and purpose of man's existence on earth . Every man carries in him his own enemy , whom he must carefully watch ( Ench . xlviii . ) . There is danger that appearances , which powerfully ...
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... soul and enabling it to employ its powers a man must root out of himself two things , arrogance ( pride , oinois ) and dis- trust . Arrogance is the opinion that you want nothing ( are deficient in nothing ) ; but distrust is the ...
... soul and enabling it to employ its powers a man must root out of himself two things , arrogance ( pride , oinois ) and dis- trust . Arrogance is the opinion that you want nothing ( are deficient in nothing ) ; but distrust is the ...
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... soul ; and we say the same of impurity . But you could not discover the impurity of the soul as you could discover 10 Dr. Farrar says in his Seekers after God ' ( Epictetus p . 213 ) , " That Epictetus approves of celibacy as a counsel ...
... soul ; and we say the same of impurity . But you could not discover the impurity of the soul as you could discover 10 Dr. Farrar says in his Seekers after God ' ( Epictetus p . 213 ) , " That Epictetus approves of celibacy as a counsel ...
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