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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... hand to hand . The admiration for brute force which naturally accompanied this ideal of self - reliance , drew with it as naturally a certain moral sanction . A man was as good as his word , and he was ready to back up his word with a ...
... hand to hand . The admiration for brute force which naturally accompanied this ideal of self - reliance , drew with it as naturally a certain moral sanction . A man was as good as his word , and he was ready to back up his word with a ...
Page 61
... hand , density and explosibility on the other . In a word , so far as A and B contain l , m , n , and o , p , q , respectively , in addition to x , they are not ex- plained by x . Each additional particularity makes its distinct appeal ...
... hand , density and explosibility on the other . In a word , so far as A and B contain l , m , n , and o , p , q , respectively , in addition to x , they are not ex- plained by x . Each additional particularity makes its distinct appeal ...
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... hand , the void were limited , the infinite bodies would not have room wherein to take their place . Besides this ... hand the nature of the void which separates each atom by itself brings this about , as it is not able to afford ...
... hand , the void were limited , the infinite bodies would not have room wherein to take their place . Besides this ... hand the nature of the void which separates each atom by itself brings this about , as it is not able to afford ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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