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We can hardly do better than quote his forcible and quaint lan- guage when , enumerating different classes of men , he shows different ways in which thought goes wrong : ( a ) The first is of those who seldom reason at all , but do and ...
We can hardly do better than quote his forcible and quaint lan- guage when , enumerating different classes of men , he shows different ways in which thought goes wrong : ( a ) The first is of those who seldom reason at all , but do and ...
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Contentment depends on reason and knowledge . The soul must be schooled ; " sensible people should rehearse " arguments which are specifics for the passions " before the passions arise to have them in stock for greater effectiveness .
Contentment depends on reason and knowledge . The soul must be schooled ; " sensible people should rehearse " arguments which are specifics for the passions " before the passions arise to have them in stock for greater effectiveness .
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The pretension is not to drive reason from the helm but rather to bind her by articles to steer only in a particular way . Instinct is not to govern , but reason is to practise some vague and unassignable amount of deference to instinct ...
The pretension is not to drive reason from the helm but rather to bind her by articles to steer only in a particular way . Instinct is not to govern , but reason is to practise some vague and unassignable amount of deference to instinct ...
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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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