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Thinking in both of these cases ( the cases of belief and of fancy ) involves noting or perceiving a fact , followed by something else that is not observed but that is brought to mind , suggested by the thing seen .
Thinking in both of these cases ( the cases of belief and of fancy ) involves noting or perceiving a fact , followed by something else that is not observed but that is brought to mind , suggested by the thing seen .
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In fact , synthesis takes place wherever we grasp the bearing of facts on a conclusion or of a principle on facts . As analysis is emphasis , so synthesis is placing ; the one causes the emphasized fact or property to stand out as ...
In fact , synthesis takes place wherever we grasp the bearing of facts on a conclusion or of a principle on facts . As analysis is emphasis , so synthesis is placing ; the one causes the emphasized fact or property to stand out as ...
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not seen the burglars ; their presence is not a fact of observation ; it is a thought , an idea . The state of the room is a fact , certain , speaking for itself ; the presence of burglars is a possibility that may explain the facts .
not seen the burglars ; their presence is not a fact of observation ; it is a thought , an idea . The state of the room is a fact , certain , speaking for itself ; the presence of burglars is a possibility that may explain the facts .
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action activity affection appear become beginning believe better body Books bring called cause character Church conception consider course death definite desire direct doubt evidence evil existence experience expression fact faith Faust fear feeling follow force friendship give given hand happen hope human idea imagination important individual intellectual intelligence interest keep kind knowledge least less light live logical look material matter meaning method mind moral nature never object observation old age once particular pass person philosopher play pleasure poet possible practical present problem qualities question reason reflection relation remains result rule seems sense soul speak stand suggested suppose things Thomas thought tion true truth turn understanding universe virtue whole wish
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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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