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 13
... once . Moreover , it is not certain that devout people were more shocked by Darwinism than the pious mariners were by the first boat that could tack . Perhaps the sacrifices were not abandoned all at once . But the lover of intelligence ...
... once . Moreover , it is not certain that devout people were more shocked by Darwinism than the pious mariners were by the first boat that could tack . Perhaps the sacrifices were not abandoned all at once . But the lover of intelligence ...
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... once these objects were mere brute things , as alien to our understanding as the sounds of the Choctaw language would be if we now suddenly heard them . Vague Wholes Are Antecedent to Understanding . In an often quoted passage , Mr ...
... once these objects were mere brute things , as alien to our understanding as the sounds of the Choctaw language would be if we now suddenly heard them . Vague Wholes Are Antecedent to Understanding . In an often quoted passage , Mr ...
Page 318
... once explain all I feel about old age . M. CATO . PUBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS ( the younger ) . GAIUS LAELIUS . Scipio . Many a time have I in conversation with my friend Gaius Laelius here expressed my admiration , Marcus Cato ...
... once explain all I feel about old age . M. CATO . PUBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS ( the younger ) . GAIUS LAELIUS . Scipio . Many a time have I in conversation with my friend Gaius Laelius here expressed my admiration , Marcus Cato ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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