Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essaysRobert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopædia Britannica, 1963 - 644 pages Complements Great Books of the Western World; includes only short works and excerpts from longer works. |
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... turn declares . The question of having moral beliefs at all or not having them is decided by our will . Are our moral preferences true or false , or are they only odd biological phenomena , making things good or bad for us , but in ...
... turn declares . The question of having moral beliefs at all or not having them is decided by our will . Are our moral preferences true or false , or are they only odd biological phenomena , making things good or bad for us , but in ...
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... turns , will take nothing as an equivalent for life but the fullness of living itself . Since the essences of things ... turn recurs . The exaggerated dignity and value that philosophers have claimed for their solutions is thus greatly ...
... turns , will take nothing as an equivalent for life but the fullness of living itself . Since the essences of things ... turn recurs . The exaggerated dignity and value that philosophers have claimed for their solutions is thus greatly ...
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Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler. ahead and turning back in scrutiny , should alternate . Unconsciousness ... turn , as far as conscious attention and reflection are con- cerned , to something else . Then after the mind has ...
Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler. ahead and turning back in scrutiny , should alternate . Unconsciousness ... turn , as far as conscious attention and reflection are con- cerned , to something else . Then after the mind has ...
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