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Such a passion (of Eriphile for Achilles) is touched with admirable delicacy by Racine.] 13 Plutarch (in Pyrrho, tom.ii. p. 474, edit.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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While sage-hood functions as a kind of transcendent norm that can only ever be approached asymptotically, the practical paradigm becomes that of the lover of wisdom, represented by the figure of Socrates and other figures such as Pyrrho, Diogenes, Epicurus, and so on.
Kelamuni unimpressed by Sri Aurobindo Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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While sage-hood functions as a kind of transcendent norm that can only ever be approached asymptotically, the practical paradigm becomes that of the lover of wisdom, represented by the figure of Socrates and other figures such as Pyrrho, Diogenes, Epicurus, and so on.
Archive 2009-06-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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See Plutarch in Pyrrho.tom. ii.p. 459.] 9 In the three census which were made of the Roman people, about the time of the second Punic war, the numbers stand as follows, (see Livy, Epitom.l. xx.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Pyrrho: I have to agree with this ... of all the freedoms we have surrendered or are in the process of surrendering, I am pretty unconcerned by thisone.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Times Square bombing — where were the cameras? 2010
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It won a bid battle for the retailer, which was previously owned by property group MWB, trumping rival bidder Pyrrho, a Hong Kong fund that owns about 20% of MWB.
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Pyrrho: I have to agree with this...of all the freedoms we have surrendered or are in the process of surrendering, I am pretty unconcerned by thisone.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Times Square bombing — where were the cameras? 2010
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Of the philosophers, however, only those who put the gods before them as guides of their intellectual life are acceptable, like Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics . . . only those who make people reverent . . . not the works of Pyrrho and Epicurus . . .
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Pyrrho: Interesting that DB is also a psychologist now,too.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Born Jewish? 2009
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Written 32 years ago, Pyrrho, but this guy is the Science Tsar NOW.
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