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Page 45
... less chance for the impious Epicurean theory that our world as a whole - earth , planets and stars - was not at the centre of things , because there is no centre in infinite Space . The consequences are far - reaching . Dr Inge , among ...
... less chance for the impious Epicurean theory that our world as a whole - earth , planets and stars - was not at the centre of things , because there is no centre in infinite Space . The consequences are far - reaching . Dr Inge , among ...
Page 48
... less democratic institutions submit to dictators . Some individuals who feel their hand too weak to steer their own boat , or do not know whither to steer it , climb on board the great vessel of the Roman Church - not a democratic ...
... less democratic institutions submit to dictators . Some individuals who feel their hand too weak to steer their own boat , or do not know whither to steer it , climb on board the great vessel of the Roman Church - not a democratic ...
Page 128
... less and less compatible with honest thinking .... Plato made slavery the basis of his ideal state , model- led on the parasitic communism of backward Spartan land- owners , and , true to his model , passed imaginary laws narrowly ...
... less and less compatible with honest thinking .... Plato made slavery the basis of his ideal state , model- led on the parasitic communism of backward Spartan land- owners , and , true to his model , passed imaginary laws narrowly ...
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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