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... true that Epictetus is generally intelligible ; but the style or manner of the author , or we may say of Arrian , who attempted to produce what he heard , is sometimes made obscure by the continual use of questions and answers to them ...
... true that Epictetus is generally intelligible ; but the style or manner of the author , or we may say of Arrian , who attempted to produce what he heard , is sometimes made obscure by the continual use of questions and answers to them ...
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... true , it is plain that he must make the contradictory negation , that nothing is universally true . ” Epictetus did not undervalue Dialectic or Logic , and the solution of what are called Sophistical and Hypothetical arguments ( i . c ...
... true , it is plain that he must make the contradictory negation , that nothing is universally true . ” Epictetus did not undervalue Dialectic or Logic , and the solution of what are called Sophistical and Hypothetical arguments ( i . c ...
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... true end . God has introduced man into the world to be a spectator of God and his works ; and not only a spectator of them , but an interpreter . For this reason , he says , " it is shameful for man to begin and to end where irrational ...
... true end . God has introduced man into the world to be a spectator of God and his works ; and not only a spectator of them , but an interpreter . For this reason , he says , " it is shameful for man to begin and to end where irrational ...
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... true . Whatever an animal can do , we shall hardly admit that he understands the use of appearances , and uses them as a man can . However the powers of some animals , such as ants for example , are very wonderful ; and it may be ...
... true . Whatever an animal can do , we shall hardly admit that he understands the use of appearances , and uses them as a man can . However the powers of some animals , such as ants for example , are very wonderful ; and it may be ...
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... true freedom , tranquillity of mind , and the dominion over the movements of the 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 ...
... true freedom , tranquillity of mind , and the dominion over the movements of the 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 ...
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