Book Eleven
; the fruit which it bears itself enjoys—for the fruits of plants and that in animals which corresponds to fruits others enjoy—it obtains its own end, wherever the limit…
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The Philosophy of Antoninus
by George Long, M. A.
IT has been said that the Stoic philosophy first showed its real value when it passed from Greece to Rome. The doctrines of Zeno and his…
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Sura XLII — Counsel
Mecca — 53 Verses
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
HA. MIM. AIN. SIN. KAF.[704] Thus unto thee as unto those who preceded thee doth God, the Mighty…
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