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{Hêrophilos de en tô Diaitêtikô kai sophian phêsin anepideikton kai technên adêlon kai ischyn anagôniston kai plouton achreion kai logon adynaton, hygieias apousês.}
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_: [Greek: Anatitheasi de tôi Hermêi pasan tên toiautên sophian]; Pliny, _Hist. nat.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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Eiae se te touton upsou chronon patein, eme te tossade nikaphorois omilein, prophanton sophian kath 'El - lanas eonta panta.
Biographia Literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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* laloumen theou sophian en mustēriō tēn apokekrummenēn: [1212] 1
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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III.ix. 4, sophian de kai sophrosunen ou diorizen), andrapododeis (servile) to the kasmioi, andreioi (orderly, courageous).
Hiero 2007
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Aristotle, mightier than his master at compressing ideas, writes: tên onomazomenên sophian peri ta procirc; ta aitia kai tas archas hupolambanousi pantes -- "All men consider philosophy as concerned with first causes and principles" (Metaph.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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He could not, indeed he dared not, utter all he understood of God’s word and the cross of Christ — laloumen theou sophian en mustēriō tēn apokekrummenēn (“We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom”) — but he moved freely in the realm of history and speculation, drawing abundantly from “the depths of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God.”
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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III.ix. 4, {sophian de kai sophrosunen ou diorizen}), {andrapododeis} (servile) to the {kasmioi},
Hiero 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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