Readings in PhilosophyJohn Herman Randall, Justus Buchler, Evelyn Urban Shirk |
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Page 47
... according to the creed of most denominations of Christians ( though assuredly not of Christ ) man is by nature wicked . But this very doctrine , by the reaction which it provoked , has made the deistical moralists almost unanimous in ...
... according to the creed of most denominations of Christians ( though assuredly not of Christ ) man is by nature wicked . But this very doctrine , by the reaction which it provoked , has made the deistical moralists almost unanimous in ...
Page 102
... according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe . And the human understanding is like a false mirror , which , receiving rays irregularly , distorts and discolours the nature of things by ...
... according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe . And the human understanding is like a false mirror , which , receiving rays irregularly , distorts and discolours the nature of things by ...
Page 252
... according to the events , it is striving to speak a language which is not its own . No one has kept so free from this mistake as Rossini ; therefore his music speaks its own language so distinctly and purely that it requires no words ...
... according to the events , it is striving to speak a language which is not its own . No one has kept so free from this mistake as Rossini ; therefore his music speaks its own language so distinctly and purely that it requires no words ...
Contents
Euthyphro Plato | 3 |
Two Meditations René Descartes | 18 |
Democracy | 23 |
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Readings in Philosophy John Herman Randall (Jr.),Justus Buchler,Evelyn Urban Shirk Snippet view - 1950 |
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