Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body . What shall it say , then , to the sugar - plums , and cats ' - cradles , to the toilet , compliments , quarrels , cards , and custard , which rack the wit of all human society . What joys has ...
... Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body . What shall it say , then , to the sugar - plums , and cats ' - cradles , to the toilet , compliments , quarrels , cards , and custard , which rack the wit of all human society . What joys has ...
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... Plotinus , Olympiodorus , Proclus , Synesius , and the rest , have somewhat so vast in their logic , so primary in their thinking , that it seems antece- dent to all the ordinary distinctions of rhetoric and literature , and to be at ...
... Plotinus , Olympiodorus , Proclus , Synesius , and the rest , have somewhat so vast in their logic , so primary in their thinking , that it seems antece- dent to all the ordinary distinctions of rhetoric and literature , and to be at ...
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