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 81
... suppose that with the same evil facts M , the man's reaction x is exactly reversed ; suppose that instead of giving way to the evil he braves it , and finds a sterner , more wonderful joy than any passive pleasure can yield in ...
... suppose that with the same evil facts M , the man's reaction x is exactly reversed ; suppose that instead of giving way to the evil he braves it , and finds a sterner , more wonderful joy than any passive pleasure can yield in ...
Page 220
... suppose that the actual air is moulded into shape by the voice which is emitted or by other similar sounds - for it will be very far from being so acted upon by it — but that the blow which takes place inside us when we emit our voice ...
... suppose that the actual air is moulded into shape by the voice which is emitted or by other similar sounds - for it will be very far from being so acted upon by it — but that the blow which takes place inside us when we emit our voice ...
Page 221
... suppose that every size exists among the atoms , in order that the evidence of phenomena may not contradict us , but we must suppose that there are some variations of size . For if this be the case , we can give a better account of what ...
... suppose that every size exists among the atoms , in order that the evidence of phenomena may not contradict us , but we must suppose that there are some variations of size . For if this be the case , we can give a better account of what ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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