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Suppose a little speck of light hitherto unseen is detected in the heavens . Unless there is a store of meanings to fall back upon in reasoning , that speck of light will remain just what it is to the senses — a mere speck of light .
Suppose a little speck of light hitherto unseen is detected in the heavens . Unless there is a store of meanings to fall back upon in reasoning , that speck of light will remain just what it is to the senses — a mere speck of light .
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The first creature of God , in the works of the days , was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit . First he breathed light upon the face of the ...
The first creature of God , in the works of the days , was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit . First he breathed light upon the face of the ...
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They cannot imagine how you aliens have any right to see — how you can see : “ It must be somehow that you stole the light from us . ” They do not yet perceive that light , unsystematic , indomitable , will break into any cabin ...
They cannot imagine how you aliens have any right to see — how you can see : “ It must be somehow that you stole the light from us . ” They do not yet perceive that light , unsystematic , indomitable , will break into any cabin ...
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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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