Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essaysRobert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopædia 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 93
... Thought Is a Chain . In this sense , silly folk and dullards think . The story is told of a man in slight repute for intelligence , who , desiring to be chosen selectman in his New England town ... thought ; THE PROCESS OF THOUGHT 93.
... Thought Is a Chain . In this sense , silly folk and dullards think . The story is told of a man in slight repute for intelligence , who , desiring to be chosen selectman in his New England town ... thought ; THE PROCESS OF THOUGHT 93.
Page 185
... THOUGHT I LANGUAGE AS THE TOOL OF THINKING Language has such a peculiarly intimate connection with thought as to require special discussion . The very word logic , coming from logos ( λóyos ) , means indifferently both word or speech ...
... THOUGHT I LANGUAGE AS THE TOOL OF THINKING Language has such a peculiarly intimate connection with thought as to require special discussion . The very word logic , coming from logos ( λóyos ) , means indifferently both word or speech ...
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... thought are much deeper than those of conscious linguistic study , for the latter only makes explicit what speech already contains . The common statement that " language is the expression of thought " conveys only a half - truth , and a ...
... thought are much deeper than those of conscious linguistic study , for the latter only makes explicit what speech already contains . The common statement that " language is the expression of thought " conveys only a half - truth , and a ...
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JOHN ERSKINE 1 | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES 37 | 37 |
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