History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, Volume 2Appleton, 1877 - Ethics |
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... thoughts , immersed in sensuality and in the most frivolous pleasures , the people only emerged from their listlessness when some theological subtilty , or some rivalry in the chariot races , stimulated them into frantic riots . They ...
... thoughts , immersed in sensuality and in the most frivolous pleasures , the people only emerged from their listlessness when some theological subtilty , or some rivalry in the chariot races , stimulated them into frantic riots . They ...
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... thoughts and actions of mankind , and created a civilisa- tion which was permeated in every part with ecclesiastical influence . And the dark ages , as the period of Catholic ascen- dancy is justly called , do undoubtedly display many ...
... thoughts and actions of mankind , and created a civilisa- tion which was permeated in every part with ecclesiastical influence . And the dark ages , as the period of Catholic ascen- dancy is justly called , do undoubtedly display many ...
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... thought to imagine , as is so commonly done , that any accumulation of facts of this nature throws the smallest doubt upon the reality of innate moral perceptions . All that the intuitive moralist asserts is that we know by nature that ...
... thought to imagine , as is so commonly done , that any accumulation of facts of this nature throws the smallest doubt upon the reality of innate moral perceptions . All that the intuitive moralist asserts is that we know by nature that ...
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... thought , some measure was adopted condemnatory of it before the close of the Pagan Empire , that measure was altogether inoperative . A long chain of writers , both Pagan and Christian , represent the practice as avowed and almost ...
... thought , some measure was adopted condemnatory of it before the close of the Pagan Empire , that measure was altogether inoperative . A long chain of writers , both Pagan and Christian , represent the practice as avowed and almost ...
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... thoughts ; and the extremely low social and intellectual condition of Greek mothers , who exercised no appreciable influence over the habits of thought of the nation should also , I think , be taken into account , for it has always been ...
... thoughts ; and the extremely low social and intellectual condition of Greek mothers , who exercised no appreciable influence over the habits of thought of the nation should also , I think , be taken into account , for it has always been ...
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