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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... sense organ is receptive to effluxes which are like itself . Anaxagoras held a similar theory , except that in it each sense organ perceives its opposite . Democritus also held an efflux theory of perception , but he developed it much ...
... sense organ is receptive to effluxes which are like itself . Anaxagoras held a similar theory , except that in it each sense organ perceives its opposite . Democritus also held an efflux theory of perception , but he developed it much ...
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... sense is not incompatible with aristocracy in Plato's sense . While Plato's social theory is a class theory , contrary to the usual criti- cism it is not organismic or totalitarian in any significant sense of those terms . Plato did not ...
... sense is not incompatible with aristocracy in Plato's sense . While Plato's social theory is a class theory , contrary to the usual criti- cism it is not organismic or totalitarian in any significant sense of those terms . Plato did not ...
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... senses , but they are not apparent to the senses . The proper object of sense is the changing particular , as such . The proper object of reason is the unchanging formal structure of a particular changing thing grasped by sense . This ...
... senses , but they are not apparent to the senses . The proper object of sense is the changing particular , as such . The proper object of reason is the unchanging formal structure of a particular changing thing grasped by sense . This ...
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The Cosmological Philosophers | 13 |
The Anthropological Philosophers | 34 |
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