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 155
... particular , definite - exactly as it is ; a burglar is inferred . But no particular individual is thought of ; merely some indefinite , unspeci- fied , member of a class . The original fact , the room as it is first observed , does not ...
... particular , definite - exactly as it is ; a burglar is inferred . But no particular individual is thought of ; merely some indefinite , unspeci- fied , member of a class . The original fact , the room as it is first observed , does not ...
Page 228
... particular , according as the subject is general or particular , and to every immediate intuition in accordance with each of the standards of judgment . For if we pay attention to these , we shall rightly trace the causes whence arose ...
... particular , according as the subject is general or particular , and to every immediate intuition in accordance with each of the standards of judgment . For if we pay attention to these , we shall rightly trace the causes whence arose ...
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... particular . Adopting this course with the word nature , the first question must be , what is meant by the " nature " of a particular object — as of fire , of water , or of some individual plant or animal ? Evi- dently the ensemble or ...
... particular . Adopting this course with the word nature , the first question must be , what is meant by the " nature " of a particular object — as of fire , of water , or of some individual plant or animal ? Evi- dently the ensemble or ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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