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Hence it is that he who offers “ a penny for your thoughts " does not expect to drive any great bargain if his ... that it consists of a succession of things thought of , but it is unlike in that the mere chance occurrence of any chance ...
Hence it is that he who offers “ a penny for your thoughts " does not expect to drive any great bargain if his ... that it consists of a succession of things thought of , but it is unlike in that the mere chance occurrence of any chance ...
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LANGUAGE AND THE TRAINING OF THOUGHT I LANGUAGE AS THE TOOL OF THINKING Language has such a peculiarly intimate connection with thought as to require special discussion . The very word logic , coming from logos ( λóyos ) , means ...
LANGUAGE AND THE TRAINING OF THOUGHT I LANGUAGE AS THE TOOL OF THINKING Language has such a peculiarly intimate connection with thought as to require special discussion . The very word logic , coming from logos ( λóyos ) , means ...
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We shall consider only the ordinary use of language , since its effects upon habits of thought are much deeper than those of conscious linguistic study , for the latter only makes explicit what speech already contains .
We shall consider only the ordinary use of language , since its effects upon habits of thought are much deeper than those of conscious linguistic study , for the latter only makes explicit what speech already contains .
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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 | Encyclopædia Britannica, 1963 |
| Length | 644 pages |
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