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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew TraditionLegends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition The beginning of the text is wanting, and the earliest lines preserved of the First Column open with the closing sentences of a speech, probably by the chief of the four creating deities, who...
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Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses Being One of the Canonical Books of the BuddhistsDhammapada, a Collection of Verses; Being One of the Canonical Books of the Buddhists DHAMMAPADA Chapter I. The Twin-Verses Chapter II. On Earnestness Chapter III. Thought Chapter IV. Flowers Chapter V. The Fool Chapter VI. The Wise Man (Pandita) Chapter VII. The Venerable (Arhat)....
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Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and NoneThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None Zarathustra is my brothers most personal work; it is the history of his most individual experiences, of his friendships, ideals, raptures, bitterest disappointments and sorrows. Above it all, however, there soars, transfiguring it, the image...
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The Crown of Thorns: A Token for the SorrowingThe Crown of Thorns: A Token for the Sorrowing One of the discourses in this volume"The Mission of Little Children"was written just after the death of a dear son, and was published in pamphlet form. The edition having become exhausted sooner than the demand,...
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Concerning Christian Liberty with Letter of Martin Luther to Pope Leo XConcerning Christian Liberty; with Letter of Martin Luther to Pope Leo X. Among those monstrous evils of this age with which I have now for three years been waging war, I am sometimes compelled to look to you and to call you to mind,...
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The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay of FormosaThe Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa Up in the stony pasture-field behind the barn the boys had been working all the long afternoon. Nearly all, that is, for, being boys, they had managed to mix a good deal...
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PhilebusPhilebus The Philebus appears to be one of the later writings of Plato, in which the style has begun to alter, and the dramatic and poetical element has become subordinate to the speculative and philosophical. In the development of abstract thought great advances have...
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SophistSophist The dramatic power of the dialogues of Plato appears to diminish as the metaphysical interest of them increases (compare Introd. to the Philebus). There are no descriptions of time, place or persons, in the Sophist and Statesman, but we are plunged at once...
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Martin Luther's Large Catechism, translated by Bente and DauMartin Luther's Large Catechism, translated by Bente and DauPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We...
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ParmenidesParmenides The awe with which Plato regarded the character of 'the great' Parmenides has extended to the dialogue which he calls by his name. None of the writings of Plato have been more copiously illustrated, both in ancient and modern times, and in none...
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MenexenusMenexenus The Menexenus has more the character of a rhetorical exercise than any other of the Platonic works. The writer seems to have wished to emulate Thucydides, and the far slighter work of Lysias. In his rivalry with the latter, to whom in the...
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EryxiasEryxias Much cannot be said in praise of the style or conception of the Eryxias. It is frequently obscure; like the exercise of a student, it is full of small imitations of Plato:Phaeax returning from an expedition to Sicily (compare Socrates in the Charmides...
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Lesser HippiasLesser Hippias The Lesser Hippias may be compared with the earlier dialogues of Plato, in which the contrast of Socrates and the Sophists is most strongly exhibited. Hippias, like Protagoras and Gorgias, though civil, is vain and boastful: he knows all things; he can...
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GorgiasGorgias In several of the dialogues of Plato, doubts have arisen among his interpreters as to which of the various subjects discussed in them is the main thesis. The speakers have the freedom of conversation; no severe rules of art restrict them, and sometimes...
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Luther's Little Instruction Book: The Small Catechism of Martin LutherLuther's Little Instruction Book: The Small Catechism of Martin LutherWe must fear and love God, so that we will not use His name to curse, swear, cast a spell, lie or deceive, but will use it to call upon Him, pray to Him, praise...
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PhaedoPhaedo After an interval of some months or years, and at Phlius, a town of Peloponnesus, the tale of the last hours of Socrates is narrated to Echecrates and other Phliasians by Phaedo the 'beloved disciple.' The Dialogue necessarily takes the form of a...
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CritoCrito The Crito seems intended to exhibit the character of Socrates in one light only, not as the philosopher, fulfilling a divine mission and trusting in the will of heaven, but simply as the good citizen, who having been unjustly condemned is willing to...
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ApologyApology In what relation the Apology of Plato stands to the real defence of Socrates, there are no means of determining. It certainly agrees in tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted...
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The Imitation of ChristThe Imitation of Christ The treatise Of the Imitation of Christ appears to have been originally written in Latin early in the fifteenth century. Its exact date and its authorship are still a matter of debate. Manuscripts of the Latin version survive in considerable...
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The Light of Egypt Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — Volume 2The Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — Volume 2Please take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the...
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