M. Tullii Ciceronis De Natura Deorum Libri Tres, Volume 3At the University Press, 1885 |
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Page iii
... Nature of the Gods seems to me to possess a unique interest and value ; not because Cicero was himself the most original , the most earnest , or the most religious thinker of his time ; but because he , more than any other , reflects ...
... Nature of the Gods seems to me to possess a unique interest and value ; not because Cicero was himself the most original , the most earnest , or the most religious thinker of his time ; but because he , more than any other , reflects ...
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... Natural Religion ' in its purest form . That Christians themselves re- cognized a positive element of Christianity in the writings of Cicero is strikingly shown by the passage given as the motto of this volume , in which St. Augustine ...
... Natural Religion ' in its purest form . That Christians themselves re- cognized a positive element of Christianity in the writings of Cicero is strikingly shown by the passage given as the motto of this volume , in which St. Augustine ...
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... natural to man , and the real question at issue among thinking men generally was the nature and manner of life of those Divine Beings whose existence they were compelled to acknowledge . The Epicureans boasted loudly of what they had ...
... natural to man , and the real question at issue among thinking men generally was the nature and manner of life of those Divine Beings whose existence they were compelled to acknowledge . The Epicureans boasted loudly of what they had ...
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... nature , and as to the origin of religious belief among mankind from the awe - inspiring phenomena of nature and the orderly movements of the heavenly bodies . From this point however the two writers draw apart . Cicero accepts as valid ...
... nature , and as to the origin of religious belief among mankind from the awe - inspiring phenomena of nature and the orderly movements of the heavenly bodies . From this point however the two writers draw apart . Cicero accepts as valid ...
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... nature ! Taking the book however as it stands with its faulty proportions , what are we to say of the manner in which each separate part is done ? The introduction , which gives the key - note to the whole treatise , is of special ...
... nature ! Taking the book however as it stands with its faulty proportions , what are we to say of the manner in which each separate part is done ? The introduction , which gives the key - note to the whole treatise , is of special ...
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