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... less evidently mechanical , not less evi- dently contrivances , not less evidently accom- modated to their end , or suited to their office , than are the most perfect productions of human ingenuity .... For Further Reflection 1. Do you ...
... less evidently mechanical , not less evi- dently contrivances , not less evidently accom- modated to their end , or suited to their office , than are the most perfect productions of human ingenuity .... For Further Reflection 1. Do you ...
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... less . There would be less talk about rigor and more about originality . The image of the great scientist would not be of somebody who got it right but of somebody who made it new . The new rhetoric would draw more on the vocabu- lary ...
... less . There would be less talk about rigor and more about originality . The image of the great scientist would not be of somebody who got it right but of somebody who made it new . The new rhetoric would draw more on the vocabu- lary ...
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... less severe punish- ment for a crime , the less severe penalty is to be preferred . This principle obviously commends itself to anyone who values human life and who concedes that , all other things being equal , less pain and suffering ...
... less severe punish- ment for a crime , the less severe penalty is to be preferred . This principle obviously commends itself to anyone who values human life and who concedes that , all other things being equal , less pain and suffering ...
Contents
What Is Philosophy? | 1 |
A Little Bit of Logic | 23 |
Philosophy of Religion 3355 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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