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... action , must mean something more and other than merely intelligent action : yet no precept beyond this last , can be connected with the word Nature in the wider and more philosophical of its acceptations . We must try it therefore in ...
... action , must mean something more and other than merely intelligent action : yet no precept beyond this last , can be connected with the word Nature in the wider and more philosophical of its acceptations . We must try it therefore in ...
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... action ever perpetrated which is not perfectly natural , and the motives to which are not perfectly natural feelings . In the eye of reason , therefore , this is no excuse , but it is quite " natural " that it should be so in the eyes ...
... action ever perpetrated which is not perfectly natural , and the motives to which are not perfectly natural feelings . In the eye of reason , therefore , this is no excuse , but it is quite " natural " that it should be so in the eyes ...
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... action of many men , and many actions of one multitude ; as for example , between one action of all the senators of Rome in killing Cataline , and the many actions of a number of senators in killing Cæsar ; and there- fore are disposed ...
... action of many men , and many actions of one multitude ; as for example , between one action of all the senators of Rome in killing Cataline , and the many actions of a number of senators in killing Cæsar ; and there- fore are disposed ...
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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