Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... actual existence . They hover in an indefinite way over the actual scene ; they are expiring ghosts of a once significant kingdom of divine reality whose rule penetrated to every detail of life . It is usual to condemn the amount of ...
... actual existence . They hover in an indefinite way over the actual scene ; they are expiring ghosts of a once significant kingdom of divine reality whose rule penetrated to every detail of life . It is usual to condemn the amount of ...
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... actual doubts , is the most radical of errors , since it ignores and virtually denies the pressure of those doubts , and their living presence . Accordingly , so long as I remain awake and the light burning , that total dogmatic ...
... actual doubts , is the most radical of errors , since it ignores and virtually denies the pressure of those doubts , and their living presence . Accordingly , so long as I remain awake and the light burning , that total dogmatic ...
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... actual conditions is capable of arousing steady emotion . It may be fed by every experience , no matter what its material . In a distracted age , the need for such an idea is urgent . It can unify interests and energies now dispersed ...
... actual conditions is capable of arousing steady emotion . It may be fed by every experience , no matter what its material . In a distracted age , the need for such an idea is urgent . It can unify interests and energies now dispersed ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
On the Improvement of the Understanding Benedict | 30 |
INTRODUCTION | 68 |
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