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... never without some alloy of doubt , because inference in the concrete never reaches more than probability . . . . Assent cannot rise higher than its source ; inference in such matters is at best conditional , therefore assent is ...
... never without some alloy of doubt , because inference in the concrete never reaches more than probability . . . . Assent cannot rise higher than its source ; inference in such matters is at best conditional , therefore assent is ...
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... never die , though we can have no experience of the future ; that we are able to live without food , though we have never tried ; that a world of men did not live before our time , or that that world has had no history ; that there has ...
... never die , though we can have no experience of the future ; that we are able to live without food , though we have never tried ; that a world of men did not live before our time , or that that world has had no history ; that there has ...
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... never pleased with his work . In all his undertakings , he proposes only his own glory ; yet is never glorified . His only end is the happi- ness of his subjects ; and his subjects for the most part want neces- saries . Those whom he ...
... never pleased with his work . In all his undertakings , he proposes only his own glory ; yet is never glorified . His only end is the happi- ness of his subjects ; and his subjects for the most part want neces- saries . Those whom he ...
Contents
Euthyphro Plato | 3 |
Two Meditations René Descartes | 18 |
Democracy | 23 |
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