Socrates and Christ: A Study in the Philosophy of ReligionThis book contains a comparison between the lives of the philosopher Socrates and Jesus Christ. The author draws comparisons between the two thinkers and attempts to harmonize their views. |
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... divine perfec- tion , the endeavour to be as good and wise as possible , ' these were the true and only means of escape , ' or sal- vation contemplated both by Socrates and Jesus . To the truths already uttered in the Athenian prison ...
... divine perfec- tion , the endeavour to be as good and wise as possible , ' these were the true and only means of escape , ' or sal- vation contemplated both by Socrates and Jesus . To the truths already uttered in the Athenian prison ...
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... divine . Christ came preaching repentance , calling upon men to recognise their own sinfulness , and bidding them render satisfaction by striving to be at one with God as of old . The methods employed in the furtherance of those aims ...
... divine . Christ came preaching repentance , calling upon men to recognise their own sinfulness , and bidding them render satisfaction by striving to be at one with God as of old . The methods employed in the furtherance of those aims ...
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... divine gift consists in social life , with its accompanying state law . In disposing his life to the best advantage , the Athenian must do so within legal limits , and to this there is no exception . When , therefore , Socrates ruled ...
... divine gift consists in social life , with its accompanying state law . In disposing his life to the best advantage , the Athenian must do so within legal limits , and to this there is no exception . When , therefore , Socrates ruled ...
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... divine purpose in creation . " 2 Yet , with Aristotle the doctrine ends only in a theistic affirmation of the most abstract sort . God is required for the completion of a theory ; that He is near to every man is a very different and ...
... divine purpose in creation . " 2 Yet , with Aristotle the doctrine ends only in a theistic affirmation of the most abstract sort . God is required for the completion of a theory ; that He is near to every man is a very different and ...
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... divine end . But circumstances are against him . Evil is in the world irrevocably , and nature leaves many designs unfulfilled " because of the matter . " The world , which we know , may be a series of entelechies rising up gradually to ...
... divine end . But circumstances are against him . Evil is in the world irrevocably , and nature leaves many designs unfulfilled " because of the matter . " The world , which we know , may be a series of entelechies rising up gradually to ...
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