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... believed in it . What is certain is that Plato believed that the soul is a non - material entity , that it is immortal , that it exists before the individual human body to which it is attached comes into being and that it survives the ...
... believed in it . What is certain is that Plato believed that the soul is a non - material entity , that it is immortal , that it exists before the individual human body to which it is attached comes into being and that it survives the ...
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... believed to be an Egyptian priest called Hermes Trismegistus . Cosimo ordered Ficino to put aside Plato and begin work immediately on Hermes . This notion of priority reflects both Cosimo and Ficino's belief in the greater antiquity of ...
... believed to be an Egyptian priest called Hermes Trismegistus . Cosimo ordered Ficino to put aside Plato and begin work immediately on Hermes . This notion of priority reflects both Cosimo and Ficino's belief in the greater antiquity of ...
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... believed Pythagoras had derived his wisdom from Moses . No simple and clear line can be . drawn between those addicted to number mysticism and those advancing ' genuine ' mathematics for much of that century , It has been contended that ...
... believed Pythagoras had derived his wisdom from Moses . No simple and clear line can be . drawn between those addicted to number mysticism and those advancing ' genuine ' mathematics for much of that century , It has been contended that ...
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Political theory and political practice | 34 |
Population economy and society in Miltons England | 72 |
The educational background | 102 |
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