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Knowledge of the methods alone will not suffice ; there must be the desire , the will , to employ them . This desire is an affair of personal disposition . But on the other hand the disposition alone will not suffice .
Knowledge of the methods alone will not suffice ; there must be the desire , the will , to employ them . This desire is an affair of personal disposition . But on the other hand the disposition alone will not suffice .
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II Remember that desire demands the attainment of that of which you are desirous ; and aversion demands the avoidance of that to which you are averse ; that he who fails of the object of his desires is disappointed ; and he who incurs ...
II Remember that desire demands the attainment of that of which you are desirous ; and aversion demands the avoidance of that to which you are averse ; that he who fails of the object of his desires is disappointed ; and he who incurs ...
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Charles Fourier announced that " the attractions of man are proportioned to his destinies ” ; in other words , that every desire predicts its own satisfaction . Yet , all experience exhibits the reverse of this ; the incompetency of ...
Charles Fourier announced that " the attractions of man are proportioned to his destinies ” ; in other words , that every desire predicts its own satisfaction . Yet , all experience exhibits the reverse of this ; the incompetency of ...
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Contents
JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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| Title | Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essays Volume 10 of Gateway to the Great Books, Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Editors | Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler |
| Publisher | Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 |
| Length | 580 pages |
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