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( 2 ) The hearing of the controversy , the trial , the weighing of alternative claims , divides into two branches , either of which , in a given case , may be more conspicuous than the other . In the consideration of a legal dispute ...
( 2 ) The hearing of the controversy , the trial , the weighing of alternative claims , divides into two branches , either of which , in a given case , may be more conspicuous than the other . In the consideration of a legal dispute ...
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There is no label , on any 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 ...
There is no label , on any 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 ...
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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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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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