The witness of history to Christ; 5 sermons, being the Hulsean lects. for 1870 |
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... Plato , Alcib . 11. 150 ; Rep . pp . 271-275 ; Phædo , p . 85 ; Virg . Ecl . IV . ( Cf. Aug. de Civ . Dei , X. 27. ) Æn . VI . 27 ; Suet . Vesp . 4. 5 ; Dio , Vesp . 64 ; Tac . H. v . 13 , I. 10 ; Jos . de B. Jud . V. 3 . 3 Jos . Antt ...
... Plato , Alcib . 11. 150 ; Rep . pp . 271-275 ; Phædo , p . 85 ; Virg . Ecl . IV . ( Cf. Aug. de Civ . Dei , X. 27. ) Æn . VI . 27 ; Suet . Vesp . 4. 5 ; Dio , Vesp . 64 ; Tac . H. v . 13 , I. 10 ; Jos . de B. Jud . V. 3 . 3 Jos . Antt ...
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... Plato ; a magic learnt not in the schools but by heavenly inspiration . He compares them , not to unwholesome and highly - spiced dainties for the rich , but to good food accessible to the very poorest . c . Cels . III . 68 , VII . 59 ...
... Plato ; a magic learnt not in the schools but by heavenly inspiration . He compares them , not to unwholesome and highly - spiced dainties for the rich , but to good food accessible to the very poorest . c . Cels . III . 68 , VII . 59 ...
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... Plato , in the Analects of Confucius , in the Laws of Manou , in the Sútras of the Buddhists , in the Vedas of the Brahmins , in the Zend Avesta of the Parsis , in the Pirke Avoth ' of the Rabbis , there are unquestionably precepts ...
... Plato , in the Analects of Confucius , in the Laws of Manou , in the Sútras of the Buddhists , in the Vedas of the Brahmins , in the Zend Avesta of the Parsis , in the Pirke Avoth ' of the Rabbis , there are unquestionably precepts ...
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... Plato ? There have been many who have ventured to place Socrates by the side of Christ ; and Socrates was great ... Plato , Symposium , § 4 . 5 Plato , Phaed . §.9 , ἀπαγαγέτω τις ταύτην οἴκαδε . 3 Xen . Mem . II . II . of Him who talked ...
... Plato ? There have been many who have ventured to place Socrates by the side of Christ ; and Socrates was great ... Plato , Symposium , § 4 . 5 Plato , Phaed . §.9 , ἀπαγαγέτω τις ταύτην οἴκαδε . 3 Xen . Mem . II . II . of Him who talked ...
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... Plato - the " divinus ille Plato " of Arnobius - the Plato of whom Clement said that he touched the very gates of truth - the Plato whom Jerome carried with him under his hermit mantle , and Augustine under his bishop's robe - the Plato ...
... Plato - the " divinus ille Plato " of Arnobius - the Plato of whom Clement said that he touched the very gates of truth - the Plato whom Jerome carried with him under his hermit mantle , and Augustine under his bishop's robe - the Plato ...
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Page 145 - Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master said, "Is not RECIPROCITY such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Page 25 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.
Page 192 - To do this effectually it is necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs: the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited; the second, that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events.
Page 168 - ... it were better for sun and moon to drop from heaven, for the earth to fail, and for all the many millions who are upon it to die of starvation in extremest agony, as far as temporal affliction goes, than that one soul, I will not say, should be lost, but should commit one single venial sin, should tell one wilful untruth, though it harmed no one, or steal one poor farthing without excuse.
Page 163 - Thou art the King of glory, O Christ: thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
Page 45 - The very God! think, Abib; dost thou think? So, the All-Great, were the All-Loving too — So, through the thunder comes a human voice Saying, "O heart I made, a heart beats here ! Face, my hands fashioned, see it in myself. Thou hast no power nor may'st conceive of mine, But love I gave thee, with Myself to love, And thou must love me who have died for thee ! " The madman saith He said so: it is strange.
Page 130 - On that hard Pagan world disgust And secret loathing fell. Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell.
Page 49 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Page 17 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 44 - Or seal'd within the iron hills? No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime, Were mellow music match'd with him.