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... - parture from tradition . — First perverted by the Greeks . Atheism of Aristotle . Not so those who preceded him . - Conclusion . - necessity of a Divine Revelation ..... -- - ib } -- SECTION III . On TIME , as viewed in vi CONTENTS .
... - parture from tradition . — First perverted by the Greeks . Atheism of Aristotle . Not so those who preceded him . - Conclusion . - necessity of a Divine Revelation ..... -- - ib } -- SECTION III . On TIME , as viewed in vi CONTENTS .
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... Greeks however , not the " pion- eers " of astronomical science . Their astronomy between the time of Solon and Hipparchus , vague and undefined . The Attic or Athenian lunar year . The Macedonian Calen- dar . -The Greek Eucumenical ...
... Greeks however , not the " pion- eers " of astronomical science . Their astronomy between the time of Solon and Hipparchus , vague and undefined . The Attic or Athenian lunar year . The Macedonian Calen- dar . -The Greek Eucumenical ...
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... Greeks , who were men of an abounding fancy , and who , by new applications , and by increas- ing the number and extravagances of the fable , did in time leave but little appearance of truth in them . " The same remark is applicable to ...
... Greeks , who were men of an abounding fancy , and who , by new applications , and by increas- ing the number and extravagances of the fable , did in time leave but little appearance of truth in them . " The same remark is applicable to ...
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... Greek tongue , he dedicated it to Ptolemy , at whose command he had composed it . " This , therefore , forms the next source of authoritative data for the antiquities of this nation . The errors and imperfections of his Tomes , however ...
... Greek tongue , he dedicated it to Ptolemy , at whose command he had composed it . " This , therefore , forms the next source of authoritative data for the antiquities of this nation . The errors and imperfections of his Tomes , however ...
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... Greeks and Romans broke in upon the Egyptians ; and further , that , whereas their ancient images represented animals of various sorts , e . g . , a hawk for Osiris , a sea - horse for Typho , a dog for 1. Plut . de Iside et Osi . p ...
... Greeks and Romans broke in upon the Egyptians ; and further , that , whereas their ancient images represented animals of various sorts , e . g . , a hawk for Osiris , a sea - horse for Typho , a dog for 1. Plut . de Iside et Osi . p ...
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