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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... sensory world , that genuine reality must lie in another realm . Furthermore , there is a sensory world only to the extent that it mirrors or partici- pates in being , so the realm of being is prior to the sensory world as its cause ...
... sensory world , that genuine reality must lie in another realm . Furthermore , there is a sensory world only to the extent that it mirrors or partici- pates in being , so the realm of being is prior to the sensory world as its cause ...
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... sensory recognition . If sensory recognition ( re- cognition ) begins with birth , knowledge of the Forms used to characterize those sensed particulars must have existed prior to birth . Therefore , assuming that sensory recognition ...
... sensory recognition . If sensory recognition ( re- cognition ) begins with birth , knowledge of the Forms used to characterize those sensed particulars must have existed prior to birth . Therefore , assuming that sensory recognition ...
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... sensory appetites with each other , however , temperance concerns the sensory appetites more than it does the other two parts of the soul . It is the harmonious in- tegration of the various appetites with each other and with the ...
... sensory appetites with each other , however , temperance concerns the sensory appetites more than it does the other two parts of the soul . It is the harmonious in- tegration of the various appetites with each other and with the ...
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The Philosophical Story Previewed | 3 |
The Cosmological Philosophers | 13 |
The Anthropological Philosophers | 34 |
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