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... READING REFERENCES . Thomas's writings have been studied and written about almost continuously since their publication . In the year 1879 Leo XIII issued a papal encyclical in which he enjoined upon Catholics the wisdom of reading the ...
... READING REFERENCES . Thomas's writings have been studied and written about almost continuously since their publication . In the year 1879 Leo XIII issued a papal encyclical in which he enjoined upon Catholics the wisdom of reading the ...
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... READING QUESTIONS One Pascal differs significantly from Thomas ; in nothing , perhaps , more than in that elusive thing called spirit or mood . As one reads Thomas , one feels the presence of what is essen- tially a teacher , one who ...
... READING QUESTIONS One Pascal differs significantly from Thomas ; in nothing , perhaps , more than in that elusive thing called spirit or mood . As one reads Thomas , one feels the presence of what is essen- tially a teacher , one who ...
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... READING REFERENCES . Hume's skeptical examination of the principles of natural theology forms only one part of his general philosophy . He cultivated comparable doubts in other fields . The reading from Hume given in the third chapter ...
... READING REFERENCES . Hume's skeptical examination of the principles of natural theology forms only one part of his general philosophy . He cultivated comparable doubts in other fields . The reading from Hume given in the third chapter ...
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