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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... evidence that could be got , it appeared that the accused were innocent . Not only had they been accused on insufficient evidence , but the evidence of their innocence was such as the agitators might easily have obtained , if they had ...
... evidence that could be got , it appeared that the accused were innocent . Not only had they been accused on insufficient evidence , but the evidence of their innocence was such as the agitators might easily have obtained , if they had ...
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... evidence . ” If , for example , I am unable to doubt that I now exist before you , that two is less than three , or that if all men are mortal then I am mortal too , it is be- cause these things illumine my intellect irresistibly . The ...
... evidence . ” If , for example , I am unable to doubt that I now exist before you , that two is less than three , or that if all men are mortal then I am mortal too , it is be- cause these things illumine my intellect irresistibly . The ...
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... evidence . Even when they happen to be correct , their correctness is a matter of accident as far as the person who ... evidence ; it rested upon what men could see easily within the limits of their vision . But this evidence was not ...
... evidence . Even when they happen to be correct , their correctness is a matter of accident as far as the person who ... evidence ; it rested upon what men could see easily within the limits of their vision . But this evidence was not ...
Contents
JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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