Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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Page 84
... live in common- wealths , is the foresight of their own preservation , and of a more contented life thereby ; that is to say , of getting themselves out from that miserable condition of war , which is necessarily conse- quent , as hath ...
... live in common- wealths , is the foresight of their own preservation , and of a more contented life thereby ; that is to say , of getting themselves out from that miserable condition of war , which is necessarily conse- quent , as hath ...
Page 444
... live which was formerly in them is dead . In the " Mo- hammed " of Voltaire this is actually expressed in the concluding words which the dying Palmira addresses to Mohammed : " The world is for tyrants : live ! " On the other hand , the ...
... live which was formerly in them is dead . In the " Mo- hammed " of Voltaire this is actually expressed in the concluding words which the dying Palmira addresses to Mohammed : " The world is for tyrants : live ! " On the other hand , the ...
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... live and dead wires , let us speak of any hypothesis as either live or dead . A live hypothesis is one which appeals as a real possibility to him to whom it is proposed . If I ask you to believe in the Mahdi , the notion makes no ...
... live and dead wires , let us speak of any hypothesis as either live or dead . A live hypothesis is one which appeals as a real possibility to him to whom it is proposed . If I ask you to believe in the Mahdi , the notion makes no ...
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