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There the work of creation is the exploit of a personal god — Marduk , Jahweh , Zeus — who can bring light out of darkness , order out of formlessness , only by first triumphing the powers of evil and disorder embodied in the dragon of ...
There the work of creation is the exploit of a personal god — Marduk , Jahweh , Zeus — who can bring light out of darkness , order out of formlessness , only by first triumphing the powers of evil and disorder embodied in the dragon of ...
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( 3 ) Both poems then tell of the birth of the young God Marduk , Zeus — who is to become king and order the world of men and gods . This part of Zeus is of Cretan origin . Once more the old king tries to destroy his sons who will rob ...
( 3 ) Both poems then tell of the birth of the young God Marduk , Zeus — who is to become king and order the world of men and gods . This part of Zeus is of Cretan origin . Once more the old king tries to destroy his sons who will rob ...
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cannot believe that the lovely Tethys , the gold - crowned Phebe , and two brides of Zeus , Themis and Mnemosyne , can have been battered with rocks , blasted by the lightning , and permanently chained in Tartarus .
cannot believe that the lovely Tethys , the gold - crowned Phebe , and two brides of Zeus , Themis and Mnemosyne , can have been battered with rocks , blasted by the lightning , and permanently chained in Tartarus .
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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| Title | The Unwritten Philosophy and Other Essays |
| Author | Francis Macdonald Cornford |
| Editor | William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
| Contributor | William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
| Publisher | University Press, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 138 pages |
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