History of Moral Science, Volume 1Duncan, 1836 |
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... controversy was , " Whether the written law alone was of divine origin ? " The Pharisees insisted upon adding to this law , another from oral tra- dition ; but to this the Sadducees and the Essenes objected , and maintained , that this ...
... controversy was , " Whether the written law alone was of divine origin ? " The Pharisees insisted upon adding to this law , another from oral tra- dition ; but to this the Sadducees and the Essenes objected , and maintained , that this ...
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... controversial character . There are different opinions entertained among the learned , as to the general value of the moral writings of the primitive fathers of the church . By some they are extolled to the highest pitch of excellence ...
... controversial character . There are different opinions entertained among the learned , as to the general value of the moral writings of the primitive fathers of the church . By some they are extolled to the highest pitch of excellence ...
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... controversy which arose about the middle of the eleventh century , out of the abstruse subtil- ties of the Aristotelian philosophy . This contro- versy raged with great fierceness between the two contending parties , the Realists , and ...
... controversy which arose about the middle of the eleventh century , out of the abstruse subtil- ties of the Aristotelian philosophy . This contro- versy raged with great fierceness between the two contending parties , the Realists , and ...
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... controversy excited such attention , that even popes and monarchs engaged themselves in it . The university of Paris published an edict , in which the tenets of the Nominalists were solemnly con- demned , 36 THE ANCIENT SYSTEMS.
... controversy excited such attention , that even popes and monarchs engaged themselves in it . The university of Paris published an edict , in which the tenets of the Nominalists were solemnly con- demned , 36 THE ANCIENT SYSTEMS.
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... controversy with Dr. Wallis , which was carried on by both parties with much vigour and bitterness for upwards of twenty years . In 1658 , he finished his " De Homine , " and in 1674 he published his translation of the 9th , 11th , and ...
... controversy with Dr. Wallis , which was carried on by both parties with much vigour and bitterness for upwards of twenty years . In 1658 , he finished his " De Homine , " and in 1674 he published his translation of the 9th , 11th , and ...
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