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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... pure a piece of " pure " gold may be , it also contains the seeds of other metals and of all other things what- soever . In this way he accounts for the possibility of anything changing into anything else . For Anaxagoras these seeds ...
... pure a piece of " pure " gold may be , it also contains the seeds of other metals and of all other things what- soever . In this way he accounts for the possibility of anything changing into anything else . For Anaxagoras these seeds ...
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... pure actuality of the first cause follows the fact that it is not a part of nature , for the realm of nature is the realm of change and therefore the realm of the potential , the material . The first cause is the cause of all natural ...
... pure actuality of the first cause follows the fact that it is not a part of nature , for the realm of nature is the realm of change and therefore the realm of the potential , the material . The first cause is the cause of all natural ...
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... pure reason ” where the soul must be and yet cannot be a simple , self - identical substance . The second of these three is a transcendent world or cosmos ; and when we think of the world as the whole of reality which can be known as a ...
... pure reason ” where the soul must be and yet cannot be a simple , self - identical substance . The second of these three is a transcendent world or cosmos ; and when we think of the world as the whole of reality which can be known as a ...
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The Philosophical Story Previewed | 3 |
The Cosmological Philosophers | 13 |
The Anthropological Philosophers | 34 |
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