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... thought over its medium . This combination , as Matthew Arnold pointed out in his book On Translating Homer , involves the four chief qualities of the Homeric style : rapidity ; directness of thought ; plainness of diction ; and ...
... thought over its medium . This combination , as Matthew Arnold pointed out in his book On Translating Homer , involves the four chief qualities of the Homeric style : rapidity ; directness of thought ; plainness of diction ; and ...
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... thought as a Jew and not as a Greek . St. John used Greek ideas , but he was a spiritual descendant of Ezekiel . Christianity , in fact , was a natural outgrowth of Judaism . To the student of history and of religious thought , the New ...
... thought as a Jew and not as a Greek . St. John used Greek ideas , but he was a spiritual descendant of Ezekiel . Christianity , in fact , was a natural outgrowth of Judaism . To the student of history and of religious thought , the New ...
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... thought and language of the later generation , and shaped into a practical system of morals as a guide for the ... thought hardly worth the attention of thinking beings . The Egyptian literary idea has apparently been thought out in the ...
... thought and language of the later generation , and shaped into a practical system of morals as a guide for the ... thought hardly worth the attention of thinking beings . The Egyptian literary idea has apparently been thought out in the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE FIRST BOOKS IN THE WORLD | 1 |
HOMER | 18 |
THE STORY OF THE BIВІ Е | 41 |
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