This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...Simon Memmi--anticipating Mr. Darwin--has unfolded in it the doctrine of Evolution; showing, "not accidentally, but with most scientific understanding of baboon character, what men must have looked like before they invented harmony." In Astronomy Simon Memmi teaches us that "though it is not unbecoming of us to find ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...Simon Memmi--anticipating Mr. Darwin--has unfolded in it the doctrine of Evolution; showing, "not accidentally, but with most scientific understanding of baboon character, what men must have looked like before they invented harmony." In Astronomy Simon Memmi teaches us that "though it is not unbecoming of us to find out, if we can, that the stars move in ellipses, and so on, yet it is no business of ours." And the representative of Dogmatic Theology. The writings attributed to him were not even known to the early Fathers, and when they were translated into Latin were received with extreme suspicion. And yet his treatises on the Celestial Hierarchy and on the Mystic Philosophy " almost created," Milman says, " the angel worship of the popular creed, and were the parents of Mystic Theology and the higher Scholasticism." This, then, is the place given to Dionysius the Areopagite, by these Dominicans, namely, under Mystic Theology. But what of the other figure with a pen? Is that also Dionysius? It may be. But if so it is not the Areopagite, nor the Tyrant, nor the Poet, nor the Historian, nor any other Dionysius taken at hap-hazard--but the Saint--who summoned a synod to condemn the heresy of the Sabellians, which, in confounding the persons of the Trinity, impugned the dogmatic authority of the Church. I do not put this forward as anything more than another conjecture as to the colour of the Chameleon, though its probability is somewhat strengthened by the sequence of the figures, and by the circumstance that Sabellius is himself placed as one of the three heretics at the feet of St. Thomas Aquinas. then, when we have mastered Astronomy, but not till then, we are presented by Simon Memmi with a square, and are told that...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Leather binding; black ink borders; raised bands; gilt on spine; marble inside covers; red edges; internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Quarter dark green calf and three quarters dark green cloth on boards. Calf sections on corners and backstrip very worn; some of calf worn completely through to board. Raised bands. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Library accession sticker on backstrip which has been taped over; tape goes across backstrip and onto both covers. Floral patterned end papers. Tightly bound and internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN:
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