Philosophy: Paradox and DiscoveryPHILOSOPHY: PARADOX AND DISCOVERY, 4/e presents philosophy as an immediate, vital, and challenging process of discovery. The text has been specifically designed to help students evaluate their beliefs on basic issues and to see philosophy as a process of discovering and examining the paradoxes inherent in those issues. The forty-one readings in PHILOSOPHY: PARADOX AND DISCOVERY are drawn from classic and contemporary sources. |
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... Socrates : Well , in that case are we to say that the wind in itself is cold or not cold ? Or shall we agree with Protagoras that it is cold to the one who feels chilly , and not to the other ? Theaetetus : That seems reasonable . Socrates ...
... Socrates : Well , in that case are we to say that the wind in itself is cold or not cold ? Or shall we agree with Protagoras that it is cold to the one who feels chilly , and not to the other ? Theaetetus : That seems reasonable . Socrates ...
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... Socrates : But if a man cannot reach the truth of a thing , can he possibly know that thing ? Theaetetus : No , Socrates , how could he ? Socrates : If that is so , knowledge does not reside in the impressions , but in our reflection ...
... Socrates : But if a man cannot reach the truth of a thing , can he possibly know that thing ? Theaetetus : No , Socrates , how could he ? Socrates : If that is so , knowledge does not reside in the impressions , but in our reflection ...
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... Socrates ; how then shall we proceed ? Socrates : Let us consider the matter together , and do you either refute me if you can , and I will be convinced ; or else cease , my dear friend , from repeating to me that I ought to escape ...
... Socrates ; how then shall we proceed ? Socrates : Let us consider the matter together , and do you either refute me if you can , and I will be convinced ; or else cease , my dear friend , from repeating to me that I ought to escape ...
Contents
The Paradoxes of Religion | 1 |
The Problem of Evil | 53 |
THE SOULBUILDING ARGUMENT | 65 |
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