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For it is not possible so to sever the belief from the action it suggests as to condemn the one without condemning the other . ... Nor is that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it .
For it is not possible so to sever the belief from the action it suggests as to condemn the one without condemning the other . ... Nor is that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it .
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IV When you set about any action , remind yourself of what nature the action is . If you are going to bathe , represent to yourself the incidents usual in the bath — some persons pouring out , others pushing in , others scolding ...
IV When you set about any action , remind yourself of what nature the action is . If you are going to bathe , represent to yourself the incidents usual in the bath — some persons pouring out , others pushing in , others scolding ...
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John Stuart Mill ' 1806-1873 John Stuart Mill worked hard for reform through political action . Yet he was convinced that “ no great improvements in the lot of man- kind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental ...
John Stuart Mill ' 1806-1873 John Stuart Mill worked hard for reform through political action . Yet he was convinced that “ no great improvements in the lot of man- kind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental ...
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| Title | Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essays Volume 10 of Gateway to the Great Books, Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Editors | Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler |
| Publisher | Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 |
| Length | 644 pages |
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