The Claudian periodHarper & brothers, 1883 |
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... deal of philosophical eloquence , and left a high , though not an uncontested , reputation behind him . The real significance of his career is that he brought decla- mation into literature , and that he brought philosophy into ...
... deal of philosophical eloquence , and left a high , though not an uncontested , reputation behind him . The real significance of his career is that he brought decla- mation into literature , and that he brought philosophy into ...
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... deals with temper , and not with conduct , or only with conduct so far as it is connected with temper . There are two treatises , on Anger and on Benefits , which refer more or less to behavior ; the first is the expression of his ...
... deals with temper , and not with conduct , or only with conduct so far as it is connected with temper . There are two treatises , on Anger and on Benefits , which refer more or less to behavior ; the first is the expression of his ...
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... deal of Greek authority for connecting madness and inspira- tion . Here Seneca winds up abruptly with a caution that diligent practice is more important than precept . The treatise on the " Shortness of Life " is a sort of pendant to ...
... deal of Greek authority for connecting madness and inspira- tion . Here Seneca winds up abruptly with a caution that diligent practice is more important than precept . The treatise on the " Shortness of Life " is a sort of pendant to ...
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... deal of pains on proving that minerals of a fiery nature are not enough to make a volcano by themselves ; for there are places where sulphur is so plen- tiful as to be collected for commercial purposes , and yet vol- canic action is in ...
... deal of pains on proving that minerals of a fiery nature are not enough to make a volcano by themselves ; for there are places where sulphur is so plen- tiful as to be collected for commercial purposes , and yet vol- canic action is in ...
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... deal from the style that would have commended itself to Pliny ; but the subjects , the descriptions and histories of little - known places , of national customs , the characters of heroes , battles , sieges , and the like , are all the ...
... deal from the style that would have commended itself to Pliny ; but the subjects , the descriptions and histories of little - known places , of national customs , the characters of heroes , battles , sieges , and the like , are all the ...
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