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... and just as the electricians speak of live and dead wires , let us speak of any hypothesis as either live or dead . A live hypothesis is one which appeals as a real possibility to him to whom it is proposed .
... and just as the electricians speak of live and dead wires , let us speak of any hypothesis as either live or dead . A live hypothesis is one which appeals as a real possibility to him to whom it is proposed .
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Wherefore prudence is a more precious thing even than philosophy ; for from prudence are sprung all the other virtues , and it teaches us that it is not possible to live pleasantly without living prudently and honourably and justly ...
Wherefore prudence is a more precious thing even than philosophy ; for from prudence are sprung all the other virtues , and it teaches us that it is not possible to live pleasantly without living prudently and honourably and justly ...
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I do not wish to expiate , but to live . My life is for itself and not for a spectacle . I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain , so it be genuine and equal , than that it should be glittering and unsteady .
I do not wish to expiate , but to live . My life is for itself and not for a spectacle . I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain , so it be genuine and equal , than that it should be glittering and unsteady .
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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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