Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essaysRobert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 - 644 pages Complements Great Books of the Western World; includes only short works and excerpts from longer works. |
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Page 66
... relations of a thing , it teaches us to pass fluently from that thing to others , and pro tanto tinges it with the rational character ... relation of a thing to its future conse- quences . So long as an object is unusual , 66 William James.
... relations of a thing , it teaches us to pass fluently from that thing to others , and pro tanto tinges it with the rational character ... relation of a thing to its future conse- quences . So long as an object is unusual , 66 William James.
Page 142
... relation of means - consequence is the center and heart of all understanding . The operations by which things become understood as chairs , tables , shoes , hats , food illustrate the means - consequence relation from the " means " side ...
... relation of means - consequence is the center and heart of all understanding . The operations by which things become understood as chairs , tables , shoes , hats , food illustrate the means - consequence relation from the " means " side ...
Page 188
... relation to things is very limited . The suggestion of meanings by natural signs is limited to occasions of direct ... relation to specific meanings , we have overlooked another aspect , equally valuable . Signs not only mark off ...
... relation to things is very limited . The suggestion of meanings by natural signs is limited to occasions of direct ... relation to specific meanings , we have overlooked another aspect , equally valuable . Signs not only mark off ...
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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