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 18
... action following upon it . The ship - owner might say , " I am perfectly certain that my ship is sound , but still I feel it my duty to have her examined , before trusting the lives of so many people to her . " And it might be said to ...
... action following upon it . The ship - owner might say , " I am perfectly certain that my ship is sound , but still I feel it my duty to have her examined , before trusting the lives of so many people to her . " And it might be said to ...
Page 237
... action , remind yourself of what nature the action is . If you are going to bathe , represent to yourself the incidents usual in the bath — some persons pouring out , others pushing in , others scolding , others pilfering . And thus you ...
... action , remind yourself of what nature the action is . If you are going to bathe , represent to yourself the incidents usual in the bath — some persons pouring out , others pushing in , others scolding , others pilfering . And thus you ...
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... action . Yet he was convinced that " no great improvements in the lot of man- kind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought . ” He lamented the lack of an accepted standard ...
... action . Yet he was convinced that " no great improvements in the lot of man- kind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought . ” He lamented the lack of an accepted standard ...
Contents
JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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