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 97
... consider that the coolness may mean rain . In the first case , on seeing an object , we just happen , as we say , to think of something else ; in the second , we consider the possibility and nature of the connection between the object ...
... consider that the coolness may mean rain . In the first case , on seeing an object , we just happen , as we say , to think of something else ; in the second , we consider the possibility and nature of the connection between the object ...
Page 245
... Consider first , man , what the matter is , and what your own nature is able to bear . If you would be a wrestler , consider your shoulders , your back , your thighs ; for different persons are made for different things . Do you think ...
... Consider first , man , what the matter is , and what your own nature is able to bear . If you would be a wrestler , consider your shoulders , your back , your thighs ; for different persons are made for different things . Do you think ...
Page 549
... consider [ skeptein ] , to consider how it is . I will try to keep the balance true . Of what use to take the chair , and glibly rattle off theories of society , religion , and nature , when I know that practical objections lie in the ...
... consider [ skeptein ] , to consider how it is . I will try to keep the balance true . Of what use to take the chair , and glibly rattle off theories of society , religion , and nature , when I know that practical objections lie in the ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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