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... years . This premised , we pro- ceed to observe , that the ancient Cabalas of the Hin- doos , Egyptians , Chinese , Persians , Etruscans , & c . 2 * the last of whom , according to Herodotus , ' INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 17.
... years . This premised , we pro- ceed to observe , that the ancient Cabalas of the Hin- doos , Egyptians , Chinese , Persians , Etruscans , & c . 2 * the last of whom , according to Herodotus , ' INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 17.
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... observe the stars . " Now , says the antiquarian , ( not all antiquarians.— for many , in their researches into the regions of remote antiquity , have come to a directly contrary conclusion , ) the above accounts , Hindoo , Egyptian ...
... observe the stars . " Now , says the antiquarian , ( not all antiquarians.— for many , in their researches into the regions of remote antiquity , have come to a directly contrary conclusion , ) the above accounts , Hindoo , Egyptian ...
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... observe , that these ancient records , origi- nally simple and concise , soon became perverted by the embellishments of false learning ; of whom , Surmu- belus and Thuero , with the son of Thabio , were the chief instruments : the ...
... observe , that these ancient records , origi- nally simple and concise , soon became perverted by the embellishments of false learning ; of whom , Surmu- belus and Thuero , with the son of Thabio , were the chief instruments : the ...
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... observe , that it is no less extraordinary than true , that of all the philosophical speculations of ancient Greece , their physiological discoveries almost invariably ex- cluded a recognition of the Great First Intelligent Cause . Even ...
... observe , that it is no less extraordinary than true , that of all the philosophical speculations of ancient Greece , their physiological discoveries almost invariably ex- cluded a recognition of the Great First Intelligent Cause . Even ...
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... observation , or his care ! " 1 Nor do we rest this representation of the doctrine of Aristotle respecting the Deity , as extracted from various portions of his writings , on our own authority alone . Cicero , two thousand years ago ...
... observation , or his care ! " 1 Nor do we rest this representation of the doctrine of Aristotle respecting the Deity , as extracted from various portions of his writings , on our own authority alone . Cicero , two thousand years ago ...
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