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After we under- stand , we are , comparatively at least , intellectually at home . There is a time during our investigation when meaning ... An idea thus stands midway between assured understanding and mental confusion and bafflement .
After we under- stand , we are , comparatively at least , intellectually at home . There is a time during our investigation when meaning ... An idea thus stands midway between assured understanding and mental confusion and bafflement .
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They may even be drawn from observation in so - called " object - lessons " if what is observed stands as an isolated thing ... Even general prin- ciples , when merely memorized , stand on the same level as bare particu- lar facts .
They may even be drawn from observation in so - called " object - lessons " if what is observed stands as an isolated thing ... Even general prin- ciples , when merely memorized , stand on the same level as bare particu- lar facts .
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The growth of precise terms out of original vagueness takes place normally in two directions : first , toward words that stand for relationships , and second , toward words that ...
The growth of precise terms out of original vagueness takes place normally in two directions : first , toward words that stand for relationships , and second , toward words that ...
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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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