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 126
... given case , may be more conspicuous than the other . In the consideration of a legal dispute these two branches are sifting the evidence and selecting the rules that are applicable ; they are “ the facts ” and “ the law ” of the case ...
... given case , may be more conspicuous than the other . In the consideration of a legal dispute these two branches are sifting the evidence and selecting the rules that are applicable ; they are “ the facts ” and “ the law ” of the case ...
Page 128
... given idea or principle , that says automatically , " Use me in this situation " -as the magic cakes of Alice in Wonderland were inscribed " Eat me . " The thinker has to decide , to choose ; and there is always a risk , so that the ...
... given idea or principle , that says automatically , " Use me in this situation " -as the magic cakes of Alice in Wonderland were inscribed " Eat me . " The thinker has to decide , to choose ; and there is always a risk , so that the ...
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... Given a certain store of meanings that have been directly or denotatively marked out , language becomes a resource by which imaginative combinations and variations may be built up . A color may be defined to one who has not experienced ...
... Given a certain store of meanings that have been directly or denotatively marked out , language becomes a resource by which imaginative combinations and variations may be built up . A color may be defined to one who has not experienced ...
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WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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