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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... necessarily determining the future.15 In fact , no real possibilities exist at all ; everything is either necessarily existent or logically impossible . " Whatever we conceive to be in God's power necessarily exists , " 16 and whatever ...
... necessarily determining the future.15 In fact , no real possibilities exist at all ; everything is either necessarily existent or logically impossible . " Whatever we conceive to be in God's power necessarily exists , " 16 and whatever ...
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... necessarily true , on pain of con- tradiction ( “ All circles are round " cannot be false . ) , but their weakness is that they are true only of ideas and not of experi- enced objects , matters of fact , or real existence . The strength ...
... necessarily true , on pain of con- tradiction ( “ All circles are round " cannot be false . ) , but their weakness is that they are true only of ideas and not of experi- enced objects , matters of fact , or real existence . The strength ...
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... necessarily created by the subject as its own opposite with which it becomes reidentified when it sees that this objective realm exists for the subject itself . Fichte had recognized part of this truth when he saw that the objective ...
... necessarily created by the subject as its own opposite with which it becomes reidentified when it sees that this objective realm exists for the subject itself . Fichte had recognized part of this truth when he saw that the objective ...
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The Philosophical Story Previewed | 3 |
The Cosmological Philosophers | 13 |
The Anthropological Philosophers | 34 |
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