Excerpt from Traces of Greek Philosophy and Roman Law in the New Testament Religiously, morally, and intellectually, it was the time of the world's need. The old faiths of heathenism were crumbling away as the mythical elements of which they were composed were melting in the critical light that philosophy and its methods had thrown upon them. The mono theism of the Jews was embracing some of the nobler of the conceptions with which it had come into contact in Platonism and Greek thought. And yet at the same time the ...
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Excerpt from Traces of Greek Philosophy and Roman Law in the New Testament Religiously, morally, and intellectually, it was the time of the world's need. The old faiths of heathenism were crumbling away as the mythical elements of which they were composed were melting in the critical light that philosophy and its methods had thrown upon them. The mono theism of the Jews was embracing some of the nobler of the conceptions with which it had come into contact in Platonism and Greek thought. And yet at the same time the morality of the age was growing corrupt in the frivolous unreality of sceptical sophistry and general unbelief. The world seemed waiting for some catastrophe or some enlightenment that Should bring what was new and pure and saving to the rescue of the decaying old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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