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 137
... meaning , but what is it ? In one case , owing to familiar acquaintance , the thing and its meaning , up to a certain point , are one ; in the other , the thing and its meaning are , tempo- rarily at least , sundered , and meaning has ...
... meaning , but what is it ? In one case , owing to familiar acquaintance , the thing and its meaning , up to a certain point , are one ; in the other , the thing and its meaning are , tempo- rarily at least , sundered , and meaning has ...
Page 150
... meaning . Because of vagueness of meaning we misunder- stand other people , things , and ourselves ; because of ambiguity we distort and pervert . Conscious distortion of meaning may be enjoyed as nonsense ; erroneous meanings , if ...
... meaning . Because of vagueness of meaning we misunder- stand other people , things , and ourselves ; because of ambiguity we distort and pervert . Conscious distortion of meaning may be enjoyed as nonsense ; erroneous meanings , if ...
Page 194
... meaning mother speech , has been generalized from the word verna , meaning a slave born in the master's household . Publication has evolved its meaning of communication by means of print through restricting an earlier meaning of any ...
... meaning mother speech , has been generalized from the word verna , meaning a slave born in the master's household . Publication has evolved its meaning of communication by means of print through restricting an earlier meaning of any ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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