Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... things from impatience of research ; sober things , because they narrow hope ; the deeper things of nature , from superstition ; the light of experience , from arrogance and pride , lest his mind should seem to be occupied with things ...
... things from impatience of research ; sober things , because they narrow hope ; the deeper things of nature , from superstition ; the light of experience , from arrogance and pride , lest his mind should seem to be occupied with things ...
Page 513
... things by their intellect , in that they esteem all things true which they see , and false which they see not . Accordingly , in order that man's mind might be freed from this presumption , and seek the truth humbly , it was necessary ...
... things by their intellect , in that they esteem all things true which they see , and false which they see not . Accordingly , in order that man's mind might be freed from this presumption , and seek the truth humbly , it was necessary ...
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... things are better than other things ; and religion says essentially two things . First , she says that the best things are the more eternal things , the overlapping things , the things in the universe that throw the last stone , so to ...
... things are better than other things ; and religion says essentially two things . First , she says that the best things are the more eternal things , the overlapping things , the things in the universe that throw the last stone , so to ...
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