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Excerpt from The School of Plato: Its Origin, Development, and Revival Under the Roman Empire
3. It is a matter of some concern to the present age, whether the solution given in the Christian doctrine and ethics (the former immeasurably the more important) is to maintain itself, or to give way to some new sub stitute: whether the victory Of the Church after the long conclave was final, or a mere halt in the march of progress, a truce for a season owing to the fatigue Of the combatants. An inquiry, then, into the speculation Of the Roman age should be Of interest, as helping us to determine how far we are to-day confronted with really novel problems, perplexed by entirely fresh solutions. For it is clear that no one can to-day afford to play the reformer or the prophet, without a thorough knowledge of the past; or to come forward as a propounder Of new truths, without asking whether he may not have been anticipated. TO one who proposes to occupy these high functions, the study Of the Imperial age is above all others indispensable. It is a. Miniature, a summary Of.
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