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... theory that the ' fixed forms ' of Attic Tragedy cor- respond to the moments in a ritual drama which survives all over Europe in the folk - play . Some good scholars have approved this theory ; others , for some cause I cannot quite ...
... theory that the ' fixed forms ' of Attic Tragedy cor- respond to the moments in a ritual drama which survives all over Europe in the folk - play . Some good scholars have approved this theory ; others , for some cause I cannot quite ...
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... theory of Pythagoras , which could never have been framed by mere cool deductions of logical reasoning . The theory was born of the marriage of thought and feeling , in the fullness of an experience like that which I have imagined as ...
... theory of Pythagoras , which could never have been framed by mere cool deductions of logical reasoning . The theory was born of the marriage of thought and feeling , in the fullness of an experience like that which I have imagined as ...
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... theory or with any other Ionian system . Prometheus taught man to build houses , to count and write , to construct a farmer's calendar , to domesticate animals , build ships , cure diseases with herbs , practise divination , and work in ...
... theory or with any other Ionian system . Prometheus taught man to build houses , to count and write , to construct a farmer's calendar , to domesticate animals , build ships , cure diseases with herbs , practise divination , and work in ...
Contents
The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 31 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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