The Story of Western PhilosophyThis book was born of the paperback boom, and it is meant as an aid in the interpretation of the history of Western philosophy. It is designed especially for use in a course in the history of philosophy, but I hope that it may also prove useful for other purposes, such as an historical introduction to philosophy or a comprehensive review of the history of philosophy or just as a help to the general reader trying to make some sense out of the history of Western philosophy.-Preface. |
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... consists in returning to the Godhead from which he was primordially sprung . Since man is born on and of the earth , he must begin there ; and his way of salvation consists in a conver- sion away from preoccupation with the body and ...
... consists in returning to the Godhead from which he was primordially sprung . Since man is born on and of the earth , he must begin there ; and his way of salvation consists in a conver- sion away from preoccupation with the body and ...
Page 196
... consists essentially in the reduction of extension to number , for , unless we are Pythagoreans , we moderns are ... consist of only one substance , extension ; at least Descartes gives no official reason for believ- ing that there is ...
... consists essentially in the reduction of extension to number , for , unless we are Pythagoreans , we moderns are ... consist of only one substance , extension ; at least Descartes gives no official reason for believ- ing that there is ...
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... consists of possibilities , a complex pos- sibility , a self - consistent set of self - consistent essences . Such ... consist of indivisible , indi- vidual substances which Leibniz calls monads ( from the Greek word for unit ) . Each of ...
... consists of possibilities , a complex pos- sibility , a self - consistent set of self - consistent essences . Such ... consist of indivisible , indi- vidual substances which Leibniz calls monads ( from the Greek word for unit ) . Each of ...
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The Philosophical Story Previewed | 3 |
The Cosmological Philosophers | 13 |
The Anthropological Philosophers | 34 |
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