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" Would that strife might perish from among gods and men!" He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe; for, if his prayer were heard, all things would pass away. "
The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change - Page v
by Randall Collins - 2009 - 1120 pages
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Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley

Edward Clodd - Evolution - 1897 - 312 pages
...philosophy: " You cannot step twice into the same rivers ; for fresh waters are ever flowing in upon you." "Homer was wrong in saying: 'Would that strife might perish* from among gods and men! ' He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe; for, if his prayer were...
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The Smith College Monthly, Volume 11

1903 - 642 pages
...will not exceed his measure, if he does the Erynes, avenging handmaids of Justice, will find him."8 " Homer was wrong in saying 'would that strife might perish from among gods and men.'* He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe, for if his prayer were...
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The Smith College Monthly, Volume 11

1903 - 648 pages
...will not exceed his measure, if he does the Erynes, avenging handmaids of Justice, will find him."3 "Homer was wrong in saying 'would that strife might perish from among gods and men.'* He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe, for if his prayer were...
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The Library of Original Sources: The Greek world

Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 488 pages
...cannot step twice into the same rivers; for fresh' waters are ever flowing in upon you. RP 26a. 43. Homer was wrong in saying: "Would that strife might perish from among gods and men !" He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe ; for, if his prayer...
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Who is to be Master of the World ?: An Introduction to the Philosophy of ...

Anthony Mario Ludovici - 1909 - 218 pages
...among other books, Sidgwick's somewhat tedious * GE , p. 59. Compare also Heraclitus, who says : " Homer was wrong in saying, ' would that strife might perish from among Gods and men ! ' He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe ; for if his prayer...
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The Monist, Volume 19

Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1909 - 682 pages
...know. The order exists now in the strife and must be found there. A world of peace is a world of death. "Homer was wrong in saying 'would that strife might perish from among gods and men !' He did not know that he was praying for the destruction of the universe ; for if his prayer...
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History of Greek Philosophy: Thales to Democritus

Benjamin Apthorp Gould Fuller - Philosophy - 1923 - 312 pages
...also have downed or slain himself. "War" in very truth "is the father of all and the king of all." 21 "Homer was wrong in saying: 'Would that strife might perish from among gods and men !' He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe ; for, if his prayer...
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History of Greek Philosophy, Thales to Democritus

B.A.G. Fuller - 1923 - 398 pages
...also have downed or slain himself. "War" in very truth "is the father of all and the king of all." 2l "Homer was wrong in saying: 'Would that strife might perish from among gods and men!' He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe; for, if his prayer were...
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Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study ..., Volume 24

Aristotelian Society (Great Britain) - Philosophy - 1924 - 286 pages
...metaphysicist, can only be conceived as opposition. Heracleitus of Ephesus had the true insight. He said : "Homer was wrong in saying: 'would that strife might perish from among gods and men ! ' He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe ; for if his prayer...
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The Scientific Approach to Philosophy: Selected Essays and Reviews

Herbert Wildon Carr - Philosophy - 1924 - 296 pages
...metaphysicist, can only be conceived as opposition. Heracleitus of Ephesus had the true insight. He said: "Homer was wrong in saying: 'would that strife might perish from among gods and men! ' He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe; for if his prayer were...
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