Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... question and answer , " implying Socrates is the destructive critic who makes no positive contribution to the discussion . But let us see whether such a conception can be justified by Socrates ' actual performance . What kind of question ...
... question and answer , " implying Socrates is the destructive critic who makes no positive contribution to the discussion . But let us see whether such a conception can be justified by Socrates ' actual performance . What kind of question ...
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... questions , the question of the purposiveness of evolution has become entangled in a mass of detail . When , long ago , Huxley and Mr. Gladstone debated the truth of the Christian religion in the pages of the Nineteenth Century , this ...
... questions , the question of the purposiveness of evolution has become entangled in a mass of detail . When , long ago , Huxley and Mr. Gladstone debated the truth of the Christian religion in the pages of the Nineteenth Century , this ...
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... questions , and it is their absurdity that makes these problems absolutely insoluble . Any fair question could be answered by one who knew enough . No fair question has an unknowable answer . But now , if your unknowable world out there ...
... questions , and it is their absurdity that makes these problems absolutely insoluble . Any fair question could be answered by one who knew enough . No fair question has an unknowable answer . But now , if your unknowable world out there ...
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