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II THE AESTHETIC CONSCIENCE I s Nature her own explanation ? Is matter the ultimate reality ? Is the supernatural a myth ? Are there ultimate values which will survive the death of the solar system ? Does man survive the grave ?
II THE AESTHETIC CONSCIENCE I s Nature her own explanation ? Is matter the ultimate reality ? Is the supernatural a myth ? Are there ultimate values which will survive the death of the solar system ? Does man survive the grave ?
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... ideal in a famous letter to Charles Kingsley : ' Sit down before fact as a little child , be prepared to give up every preconceived notion , follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses Nature leads , or you shall learn nothing .
... ideal in a famous letter to Charles Kingsley : ' Sit down before fact as a little child , be prepared to give up every preconceived notion , follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses Nature leads , or you shall learn nothing .
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The ideal of the philosopher must be ' orderly , exact thought , but the revivalist , by his very nature , tends to over - simplification . Wesley , perhaps the greatest Englishman of the eighteenth century , was un grand simplificateur ...
The ideal of the philosopher must be ' orderly , exact thought , but the revivalist , by his very nature , tends to over - simplification . Wesley , perhaps the greatest Englishman of the eighteenth century , was un grand simplificateur ...
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM | 9 |
THE AESTHETIC CONSCIENCE | 17 |
BACKGROUND TO CAUX | 24 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Enigmas of History |
| Author | Hugh Ross Williamson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | M. Joseph, 1957 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Oct 2006 |
| ISBN | 0598560122, 9780598560124 |
| Length | 253 pages |
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