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" From enthusiasm to imposture, the step is perilous and slippery : the daemon of Socrates affords a memorable instance, how a wise man may deceive himself, how a good man may deceive others, how the conscience may slumber in a mixed and middle state between... "
Pictorial History of the Middle Ages: From the Death of Constantine the ... - Page 120
by John Frost - 1846 - 360 pages
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 pages
...God.'54 From enthusiasm to imposture, the step is perilous and slippery: the daemon of Socrates151 affords a memorable instance, how a wise man may deceive...middle state between self-illusion and voluntary fraud. 154 The Christians, rashly enough, have assigned to Mahomet a tame pigeon, that seemed to descend from...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9

Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 pages
...tuufuitn) of the philosopher, is clearly taught in the Memorabilia of Xenophon. The ideas of CHAP, memorable instance, how a wise man may deceive *-•...middle state between self-illusion and voluntary fraud. Charity may believe that the original motives of Mahomet were those of pure and genuine benevolence;...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9

Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 pages
...tne Memorabilia of Xenophon. The ideas of the CHAP, memorable instance, how a wise man may deceive L- himself, how a good man may deceive others, how the...middle state between self-illusion and voluntary fraud. Charity may believe that the original motives of Mahomet were those ot pure and genuine benevolence;...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9

Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 528 pages
...Muhs.rn, I. ii, c. C9, p. 259 262)CHAP, to imposture, the step is perilous and slippery ; L the demon of Socrates' affords a memorable instance, how a wise...middle state between self-illusion and voluntary fraud. Charity may believe that the original motives of Mahomet were those of pure and genuine benevolence;...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 540 pages
...attributes of an angel of God. q From enthusiasm to imposture, the step is perilous and slippery ; the demon of Socrates' affords a memorable instance, how a wise...a mixed and middle state between self-illusion and 1 The Christians, rashly enough, have assigned to Mahomet a tame pigeon, that Beciued lo descend from...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 406 pages
...attributes of an angel of God. From enthusiasm to imposture the step is perilous and slippery ; the demon of Socrates affords a memorable instance how a wise...conscience may slumber in a mixed and middle state between selfdelnsion and a voluntary fraud. Charity may believe that the original motives of Mahomet were those...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral ..., Volume 2, Parts 3-4

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...attributes of an angel of God. From enthusiasm to imposture the step is perilous and slippery ; the demon of Socrates affords a memorable instance how a wise...conscience may slumber in a mixed and middle state between selfdelusion and a voluntary fraud. Charity may believe that the original motives of Mahomet were those...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...attributes of an angel of God. From enthusiasm to imposture the step is perilous and slippery ; the demon of Socrates affords a memorable instance how a wise...conscience may slumber in a mixed and middle state between selfdelusion and a voluntary fraud. Charity may believe that the original motives of Mahomet were those...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and ..., Volume 2

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...demon of Socrates affords a memorable instance how a wise man may deceive himself, how a good m^nmay deceive others, how the conscience may slumber in a mixed and middle state between selfdelusion and a voluntary fraud. Charity may believe that the original motives of Mahomet were those...
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The Annals of Jamaica, Volume 2

George Wilson Bridges - 1828 - 524 pages
...easier to speak with sincerity, than to be heard, perhaps, with patience : one whose enthusiasm remains a memorable instance how a wise man may deceive himself,...conscience may slumber in a mixed and middle state between self illusion and voluntary artifice ; yet of whose labours in the cause of humanity, the historian...
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