The Metaphysics of AristotleG. Bell and Sons, 1896 - 445 pages |
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... considered as one of the most precious remnants of antiquity ; but their intrinsic worth can only be appreciated by those who have read them through with care . And this the student will discover , when , after climbing up the rugged ...
... considered as one of the most precious remnants of antiquity ; but their intrinsic worth can only be appreciated by those who have read them through with care . And this the student will discover , when , after climbing up the rugged ...
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... Considered as Twofold - Its treatment by Anaxagoras - The System of the Pythagoreans - Eleatic Philosophy - Plato's Theory of Ideas - Plato compared with Pythagoras - Summary of the foregoing -Faults of the early Etiologists ...
... Considered as Twofold - Its treatment by Anaxagoras - The System of the Pythagoreans - Eleatic Philosophy - Plato's Theory of Ideas - Plato compared with Pythagoras - Summary of the foregoing -Faults of the early Etiologists ...
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... considered as the peculiar possession of any particular section of mankind : because Aristotle triumphantly shows ( 1 ) As he lays down in the Politics , book I. chap . v . ( 2 ) This has been shown in chap . i . ( 3 ) Fide chap . ii ...
... considered as the peculiar possession of any particular section of mankind : because Aristotle triumphantly shows ( 1 ) As he lays down in the Politics , book I. chap . v . ( 2 ) This has been shown in chap . i . ( 3 ) Fide chap . ii ...
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... considered to be the odd and the even ; of the odd and even they regarded the one as finite , and the other as infinite ; from both together they generated unity , and number itself they generated from unity . There was another sect ...
... considered to be the odd and the even ; of the odd and even they regarded the one as finite , and the other as infinite ; from both together they generated unity , and number itself they generated from unity . There was another sect ...
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... considered as single , and with others as twofold .. And this might be regarded as the extent to which the science of Metaphysics had advanced , in those ages , in the schools of those philosophers who had put forward the theories ...
... considered as single , and with others as twofold .. And this might be regarded as the extent to which the science of Metaphysics had advanced , in those ages , in the schools of those philosophers who had put forward the theories ...
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