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  • They draw a distinction between what is good and things which have value (axia).

    Stoicism Baltzly, Dirk 2008

  • Even though the things according to nature have a kind of value (axia) which grounds the rationality of preferring them (other things being equal), this kind of value is still not goodness.

    Stoicism Baltzly, Dirk 2008

  • In common use among us, it sometimes denotes the state and quality of men, — that is, katastasis and axia; and sometimes a valuable consideration for what is to be done, — that is, aitia or sunthēkē.

    The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965

  • [Greek: Spondês d 'axia kai logoy ta peri tên tôn bibliôn kataskeuên. kai gar polla, kai gegrammena kalôs, sunêge, ê te chrêsis ên philotimotera tês ktêseôs, aneimenôn pasi tôn bibliothêkôn, kai tôn peri autas peripatôn kai scholaotêrlôn akôlutôs upodechomenôn tous Ellênas, ôsper eis Mousôn ti katagôgion ekeise phoitôntas kai sundiêmereuontas allêlois, apo tôn allôn chreiôn asmenôs apotrechontas].

    The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871

  • He concludes the sufferings not worthy to be compared with the glory -- ouk axia pros ten doxan.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

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  • That’s why finding a decent server (like axia) can prolong your time with a game – it become more than just the gameplay that gets you hooked, it’s combination of gameplay and community.

    Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Persistance in Non-persistant worlds 2007

  • * ta ethnē akouonta ek tou stomatos hēmōn ta logia tou theou hōs kala kai megala thaumazei; epeita katamathonta ta erga hēmōn hoti ouk estin axia tōn rhēmatōn hōn legomen, enthen eis blasphēmian trepontai, legontes einai muthon tina kai planēn: [1459] 1

    The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

  • [366] Cp. also 2 Clem. lxiii.: ta ethnē akouonta ek tou stomatos hēmōn ta logia tou theou hōs kala kai megala thaumazei; epeita katamathonta ta erga hēmōn hoti ouk estin axia tōn rhēmatōn hōn legomen, enthen eis blasphēmian trepontai, legontes einai muthon tina kai planēn (“When the Gentiles hear from our mouth the words of God, they wonder at their beauty and greatness; then, discovering our deeds are not worthy of the words we utter, they betake themselves to blasphemy, declaring it is all a myth and error”).

    The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

  • * areskete hō strateuesthe, aph 'hou kai ta opsōnia komisesthe; mētis humōn desertōr heurethē; to baptisma humōn menetō hōs hopla, hē pistis hōs perikephalaia, hē agapē hōs doru, hē upomonē hōs panoplia; ta deposita humōn ta erga humōn, hina ta akkepta humōn axia komisēsthe:

    The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

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