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The savage learns to detect the signs of fire and thereby to invent methods of producing flame ; civilized man discovers illuminating gas and oils , and invents lamps , electric lights , stoves , furnaces , central heating plants , etc.
The savage learns to detect the signs of fire and thereby to invent methods of producing flame ; civilized man discovers illuminating gas and oils , and invents lamps , electric lights , stoves , furnaces , central heating plants , etc.
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Suppose a little speck of light hitherto unseen is detected in the heavens . Unless there is a store of meanings to fall back upon in reasoning , that speck of light will remain just what it is to the senses — a mere speck of light .
Suppose a little speck of light hitherto unseen is detected in the heavens . Unless there is a store of meanings to fall back upon in reasoning , that speck of light will remain just what it is to the senses — a mere speck of light .
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The first creature of God , in the works of the days , was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit . First he breathed light upon the face of the ...
The first creature of God , in the works of the days , was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit . First he breathed light upon the face of the ...
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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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