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The ancient philosophers taught , that goodness and beauty , if not absolutely
identical , are in their nature inseparable . Whatever may have been the origin of
this love of beauty in the Greek , their system of education was filted to foster it ...
The ancient philosophers taught , that goodness and beauty , if not absolutely
identical , are in their nature inseparable . Whatever may have been the origin of
this love of beauty in the Greek , their system of education was filted to foster it ...
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While this was the theory of the Greek education , its highest practical object was
the production of a perfect orator , and a perfect master of “ divine philosophy . **
Eloquence , according to Aristotle and Cicero , is the daughter of freedom and of
...
While this was the theory of the Greek education , its highest practical object was
the production of a perfect orator , and a perfect master of “ divine philosophy . **
Eloquence , according to Aristotle and Cicero , is the daughter of freedom and of
...
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Athens , in the speculations of philosophy its native element . The age at which
the youth sought the philosophical schools is not well defined , but the years
devoted to this onestudy were equal to those of our college course . In general
the ...
Athens , in the speculations of philosophy its native element . The age at which
the youth sought the philosophical schools is not well defined , but the years
devoted to this onestudy were equal to those of our college course . In general
the ...
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The Greeks , as we have said , regarded Geometry as a steppingstone to
Philosophy . The Romans esteemed it for purposes of measurement . With the
Romans , reading , writing , and reckoning were the three chief branches ,
because they ...
The Greeks , as we have said , regarded Geometry as a steppingstone to
Philosophy . The Romans esteemed it for purposes of measurement . With the
Romans , reading , writing , and reckoning were the three chief branches ,
because they ...
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We have seen that in the Grecian education , rhetoric and philosophy went hand
in hand , and that the metaphysical genius of the Greeks at length caused
philosophy to stand forth as the highest summit of intellectual culture . But such
was not ...
We have seen that in the Grecian education , rhetoric and philosophy went hand
in hand , and that the metaphysical genius of the Greeks at length caused
philosophy to stand forth as the highest summit of intellectual culture . But such
was not ...
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