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... doubt , been already attempted in this direction . Philosophy , in the hands of the rhetoricians , had become more popular . The Pythagoreans enjoined religious cere- monies for the purpose of purifying the mind , and expiatory rites ...
... doubt , been already attempted in this direction . Philosophy , in the hands of the rhetoricians , had become more popular . The Pythagoreans enjoined religious cere- monies for the purpose of purifying the mind , and expiatory rites ...
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... doubt that , for nearly two hundred years after its establishment in Europe , the Christian com- munity exhibited a moral purity which , if it has been equalled , has never for any long period been surpassed . Completely separated from ...
... doubt that , for nearly two hundred years after its establishment in Europe , the Christian com- munity exhibited a moral purity which , if it has been equalled , has never for any long period been surpassed . Completely separated from ...
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... doubt upon the reality of innate moral perceptions . All that the intuitive moralist asserts is that we know by nature that there is a distinction between humanity and cruelty ; that the first belongs to the higher or better part of our ...
... doubt upon the reality of innate moral perceptions . All that the intuitive moralist asserts is that we know by nature that there is a distinction between humanity and cruelty ; that the first belongs to the higher or better part of our ...
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... doubt , the exposed children perished , but more frequently the very extent of the practice saved the lives of the victims . They were brought systematically to a column near the Vela- brum , and there taken by speculators , who ...
... doubt , the exposed children perished , but more frequently the very extent of the practice saved the lives of the victims . They were brought systematically to a column near the Vela- brum , and there taken by speculators , who ...
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... doubt , added something ; but a careful examination will show that it was surprisingly little . In no respect is the greatness of the Stoic philosophers more conspicuous than in the contrast between the gigantic steps of legal reform ...
... doubt , added something ; but a careful examination will show that it was surprisingly little . In no respect is the greatness of the Stoic philosophers more conspicuous than in the contrast between the gigantic steps of legal reform ...
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