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Page 94
... Chaldea a sacerdotal corporation , the depositary of science , like the Magi of Persia . A conflict arose between these two rival corporations , and , when Babylonia passed under the yoke of Per- sian dominion , the Magi oppressed the ...
... Chaldea a sacerdotal corporation , the depositary of science , like the Magi of Persia . A conflict arose between these two rival corporations , and , when Babylonia passed under the yoke of Per- sian dominion , the Magi oppressed the ...
Page 95
... Chaldeans is in contrast with the doctrines both of India and Persia . Brahminism , preoccupied almost exclusive . ly with the idea of the infinite , fell into idealism . Persian Magism divided its meditations between the spiritual and ...
... Chaldeans is in contrast with the doctrines both of India and Persia . Brahminism , preoccupied almost exclusive . ly with the idea of the infinite , fell into idealism . Persian Magism divided its meditations between the spiritual and ...
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... Chaldean philosophy view . ed it as an immutable harmony . Note . There were in Chaldea various sects and schools , of which Strabo and Pliny make mention . There was also a conflict of doctrines , and , consequently , to some extent ...
... Chaldean philosophy view . ed it as an immutable harmony . Note . There were in Chaldea various sects and schools , of which Strabo and Pliny make mention . There was also a conflict of doctrines , and , consequently , to some extent ...
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