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 117
... direct activity temporarily . The tendency to continue acting nevertheless persists . It is diverted and takes the form of an idea or a suggestion . The idea of what to do when we find ourselves " in a hole " is a substitute for direct ...
... direct activity temporarily . The tendency to continue acting nevertheless persists . It is diverted and takes the form of an idea or a suggestion . The idea of what to do when we find ourselves " in a hole " is a substitute for direct ...
Page 186
... direct sense excitation tends to distract attention from what is meant or indicated . Almost everyone will recall ... direct and sensible value of faint sounds and minute written or printed marks is very slight . Accordingly , attention ...
... direct sense excitation tends to distract attention from what is meant or indicated . Almost everyone will recall ... direct and sensible value of faint sounds and minute written or printed marks is very slight . Accordingly , attention ...
Page 203
... direct observation in our schools , the vast bulk of educational subject matter is derived from other sources - from textbook , lecture , and viva voce interchange . No educational question is of greater import than how to get ...
... direct observation in our schools , the vast bulk of educational subject matter is derived from other sources - from textbook , lecture , and viva voce interchange . No educational question is of greater import than how to get ...
Contents
JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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