De Natura Deorum Libri Tres, Volume 1University Press, 1880 - Gods, Roman |
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Page xi
... principle of Thales in so far that he assumed as the dpyn , a definite substance , Air , in contradistinction to the indefinite aπeɩрoν of his immediate predecessor . Air is infinite in extent and eternal in duration . It is in ...
... principle of Thales in so far that he assumed as the dpyn , a definite substance , Air , in contradistinction to the indefinite aπeɩрoν of his immediate predecessor . Air is infinite in extent and eternal in duration . It is in ...
Page xiv
... principles , light and darkness , also called fire and earth , or male and female ; and supposes all things to proceed from their mixture . The existing universe consists of a central fire , the seat of the presiding Deity , and of ...
... principles , light and darkness , also called fire and earth , or male and female ; and supposes all things to proceed from their mixture . The existing universe consists of a central fire , the seat of the presiding Deity , and of ...
Page xv
... principle of the immutability of substance , while denying its absolute Oneness ; and they explained the Ionic ' becoming ' as the result of the mixture of a number of unchangeable substances . Empedocles of Agrigentum ( b . 500 B.C. ) ...
... principle of the immutability of substance , while denying its absolute Oneness ; and they explained the Ionic ' becoming ' as the result of the mixture of a number of unchangeable substances . Empedocles of Agrigentum ( b . 500 B.C. ) ...
Page xvi
... principle of their life . Whether Anaxagoras called it by the name of God is doubtful . Plato and Aristotle complain that , having begun well , he failed to make full use of the right principle with which he started , and turned his ...
... principle of their life . Whether Anaxagoras called it by the name of God is doubtful . Plato and Aristotle complain that , having begun well , he failed to make full use of the right principle with which he started , and turned his ...
Page xxi
... principle , the law , the idea , ) in the Many ( the subordinate species or individuals , the particulars , the phenomena , the facts ) and conversely to rise from the Many to the One . The process of doing this he called Dialectic , i ...
... principle , the law , the idea , ) in the Many ( the subordinate species or individuals , the particulars , the phenomena , the facts ) and conversely to rise from the Many to the One . The process of doing this he called Dialectic , i ...
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Page 157 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.
Page 158 - I am the better pleased with the method of reasoning here delivered, as I think it may serve to confound those dangerous friends or disguised enemies to the Christian Religion, who have undertaken to defend it by the principles of human reason. Our most holy religion...
Page 18 - Sive enim ipse mundus deus est, quid potest esse minus quietum quam nullo puncto temporis intermisso versari circum axem caeli admirabili celeritate...
Page 4 - Qui autem requirunt quid quaque de re ipsi sentiamus, curiosius id faciunt quam necesse est; non enim tarn auctoritatis in disputando quam rationis momenta quaerenda sunt. Quin etiam obest plerumque iis qui discere volunt auctoritas eorum qui se docere profitentur; desinunt enim suum iudicium adhibere, id habent ratum quod ab eo quern probant iudicatum vident.
Page 16 - Cum enim non instituto aliquo aut more aut lege sit opinio constituta maneatque ad unum omnium firma consensio, intellegi necesse est esse déos, quoniam ínsitas eorum vel potius innatas cognitiones habemus; de quo autem omnium natura consentit, id verum esse necesse est; esse igitur déos confitendum est.
Page 176 - And bared the knotted column of his throat, The massive square of his heroic breast, And arms on which the standing muscle sloped, As slopes a wild brook o'er a little stone, Running too vehemently to break upon it.
Page 167 - Hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob earn rem quod veritus est ne, si semper atomus gravitate ferretur naturali ac necessaria, nihil liberum nobis esset, cum ita moveretur animus ut atomorum motu cogeretur.
Page 197 - Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae deerat adhuc et quod dominari in cetera posset: natus homo est, sive hunc divino semine fecit ille opifex rerum, mundi melioris origo, sive recens tellus seductaque nuper ab alto aethere cognati retinebat semina caeli. quam satus lapeto, mixtam pluvialibus undis, finxit in effigiem moderantum cuncta deorum...
Page 18 - Epicurus autem, qui res occultas et penitus abditas non modo videat animo sed etiam sie tractet ut manu, docet eam esse vim et naturam deorum, ut primum non sensu sed mente...
Page 158 - Here, so far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have to admit that the belief in spiritual beings appears among all low races / with whom we have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance...