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 49
... happen that when we believe the truth A , we escape as an inci- dental consequence from believing the falsehood B , it hardly ever hap- pens that by merely disbelieving B we necessarily believe A. We may in escaping B fall into ...
... happen that when we believe the truth A , we escape as an inci- dental consequence from believing the falsehood B , it hardly ever hap- pens that by merely disbelieving B we necessarily believe A. We may in escaping B fall into ...
Page 95
... happen to be correct , their correctness is a matter of accident as far as the person who entertains them is concerned . Reflective Thinking Impels to Inquiry . Thus we are brought again , by way of contrast , to the particular kind of ...
... happen to be correct , their correctness is a matter of accident as far as the person who entertains them is concerned . Reflective Thinking Impels to Inquiry . Thus we are brought again , by way of contrast , to the particular kind of ...
Page 238
... happen as they do happen , and you will go on well . IX Sickness is an impediment to the body , but 238 Epictetus.
... happen as they do happen , and you will go on well . IX Sickness is an impediment to the body , but 238 Epictetus.
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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