Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... who during thirty - five years was at the head of the Neo - Platonic school of Athens , and was learned in all the sciences known in his days , in his " Com- 99 mentaries on Plato's Timæus , " says : " The xii PREFACE ..
... who during thirty - five years was at the head of the Neo - Platonic school of Athens , and was learned in all the sciences known in his days , in his " Com- 99 mentaries on Plato's Timæus , " says : " The xii PREFACE ..
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... sciences , which , like literature , they attributed to the Muses , and therefore regarded as artifices of the devil . They consequently destroyed all ves- tiges as well as all means of culture . They closed the acade- mies of Athens ...
... sciences , which , like literature , they attributed to the Muses , and therefore regarded as artifices of the devil . They consequently destroyed all ves- tiges as well as all means of culture . They closed the acade- mies of Athens ...
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... sciences contained in the thousands of precious volumes that formed the superb libraries which the inquisitors wantonly destroyed , alleging St. Paul's example.1 Abundant proofs of the intimate communications of the ancient Mayas with ...
... sciences contained in the thousands of precious volumes that formed the superb libraries which the inquisitors wantonly destroyed , alleging St. Paul's example.1 Abundant proofs of the intimate communications of the ancient Mayas with ...
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... sciences soon declined ; with their degeneracy came that of civilization . Civil war- that inevitable consequence of invasions - political strife , and religious dissension broke out before long , and caused the dis- memberment of the ...
... sciences soon declined ; with their degeneracy came that of civilization . Civil war- that inevitable consequence of invasions - political strife , and religious dissension broke out before long , and caused the dis- memberment of the ...
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... se pudieron hallar , se quemaron públicamente el dia del auto y á las bueltas con ellos sus historias de antiguedades " ( lib . vi . , chap . .i . , p . 309 ) . sciences of their wise men and philosophers . How , xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
... se pudieron hallar , se quemaron públicamente el dia del auto y á las bueltas con ellos sus historias de antiguedades " ( lib . vi . , chap . .i . , p . 309 ) . sciences of their wise men and philosophers . How , xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
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