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Page 135
... matter . " Such qualities are no more than ideas , and therefore cannot be the cause of anything , since ideas cannot be the cause of anything It might be objected : Does it not seem absurd to take away " natural causes " and ascribe ...
... matter . " Such qualities are no more than ideas , and therefore cannot be the cause of anything , since ideas cannot be the cause of anything It might be objected : Does it not seem absurd to take away " natural causes " and ascribe ...
Page 172
... matter " was consequently absolutely pragmatistic . Matter is known as our sensations of color , figure , hardness , and the like . They are the cash value of the term . difference matter makes to us by truly being is that we then get ...
... matter " was consequently absolutely pragmatistic . Matter is known as our sensations of color , figure , hardness , and the like . They are the cash value of the term . difference matter makes to us by truly being is that we then get ...
Page 375
... matter of our first topic . The fact that men distinguish between appearance and reality , and entertain beliefs about the nature of reality , provided us with the subject matter of our second topic . The fact that men distinguish ...
... matter of our first topic . The fact that men distinguish between appearance and reality , and entertain beliefs about the nature of reality , provided us with the subject matter of our second topic . The fact that men distinguish ...
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