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Pagina 9
... learning must partake of the contempt of its professors . To illustrate these assertions , it may be proper to take a slight review of the decline of ancient learning ; to consider how far its depravation was owing to the impossibility ...
... learning must partake of the contempt of its professors . To illustrate these assertions , it may be proper to take a slight review of the decline of ancient learning ; to consider how far its depravation was owing to the impossibility ...
Pagina 13
... learning was encouraged , pro- tected , honoured , and in its turn it adorned , strengthened , and harmonised the community . " The Greeks ( for we know little of the Egyptian learning ) now exerted , " etc. - First edition . 2 Here the ...
... learning was encouraged , pro- tected , honoured , and in its turn it adorned , strengthened , and harmonised the community . " The Greeks ( for we know little of the Egyptian learning ) now exerted , " etc. - First edition . 2 Here the ...
Pagina 96
... learning ; while others deny even their utility in forming an education . Both are erroneous . Learning is most advanced in populous cities , where chance often conspires with industry to promote it ; where the members of this large uni ...
... learning ; while others deny even their utility in forming an education . Both are erroneous . Learning is most advanced in populous cities , where chance often conspires with industry to promote it ; where the members of this large uni ...
Inhoudsopgave
CHAPTER | 3 |
III | 21 |
Of the present state of polite learning in Italy | 27 |
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