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 174
... activity directed by ends that thought sets before the person as something to be accomplished ; it signi- fies ingenuity and inventiveness in selecting proper means and making plans , and thus , finally , signifies that expectations and ...
... activity directed by ends that thought sets before the person as something to be accomplished ; it signi- fies ingenuity and inventiveness in selecting proper means and making plans , and thus , finally , signifies that expectations and ...
Page 178
... activity lays hold on the emotions and desires , unless it offers an outlet for energy that means something to the individual himself , his mind will turn in aversion from it , even though externally he keeps at it . But interest is not ...
... activity lays hold on the emotions and desires , unless it offers an outlet for energy that means something to the individual himself , his mind will turn in aversion from it , even though externally he keeps at it . But interest is not ...
Page 208
... activity , without much reference to its outcome . The sequence of deeds , images , emotions suffices on its own account . In work , the end holds attention and controls the notice given to means . Since the difference is one of ...
... activity , without much reference to its outcome . The sequence of deeds , images , emotions suffices on its own account . In work , the end holds attention and controls the notice given to means . Since the difference is one of ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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