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... appears to me a more wonderful proof of the sweeping prejudices of the commentators of Plato than this , that some of them see no difference between this quibbling and the calm consistent moral dissertations of Protagoras . Yet so it is ...
... appears to me a more wonderful proof of the sweeping prejudices of the commentators of Plato than this , that some of them see no difference between this quibbling and the calm consistent moral dissertations of Protagoras . Yet so it is ...
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... appear to know nothing of this revolution of public opinion and these its consequences . We have seen that in the Meno , Plato makes Socrates express pity for Anytus , as not knowing the value of a good education ; and in accordance ...
... appear to know nothing of this revolution of public opinion and these its consequences . We have seen that in the Meno , Plato makes Socrates express pity for Anytus , as not knowing the value of a good education ; and in accordance ...
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... appears to me a very wise and wonderful man ; but in consequence of the deep quality of his For as oft as the old man stoopt in the rage of his hot thirst So oft vanisht the flood absorbed in the earth . " Perhaps it was merely the ...
... appears to me a very wise and wonderful man ; but in consequence of the deep quality of his For as oft as the old man stoopt in the rage of his hot thirst So oft vanisht the flood absorbed in the earth . " Perhaps it was merely the ...
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... appears to me , very sufficiently . ' This exposition will , I fear , appear to the En- glish reader rather prolix . It must be recollected , as I have already had occasion to remark , that an Athenian audience are represented , in ...
... appears to me , very sufficiently . ' This exposition will , I fear , appear to the En- glish reader rather prolix . It must be recollected , as I have already had occasion to remark , that an Athenian audience are represented , in ...
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... appears to you very unjust among those who have been brought up among laws and in human society , is a just man and has a special knowledge of the subjects compared with men who have no moral instruction , no laws , no courts of justice ...
... appears to you very unjust among those who have been brought up among laws and in human society , is a just man and has a special knowledge of the subjects compared with men who have no moral instruction , no laws , no courts of justice ...
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