Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... attain to such a character myself , and to endeavor that many should attain to it with me . In other words , it is part of my hap- piness to lend a helping hand , that many others may understand even as I do , so that their ...
... attain to such a character myself , and to endeavor that many should attain to it with me . In other words , it is part of my hap- piness to lend a helping hand , that many others may understand even as I do , so that their ...
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... attain to the supreme human perfection which we have named ; and , therefore , whatsoever in the sciences does not serve to promote our object will have to be rejected as useless . To sum up the matter in a word , all our ac- tions and ...
... attain to the supreme human perfection which we have named ; and , therefore , whatsoever in the sciences does not serve to promote our object will have to be rejected as useless . To sum up the matter in a word , all our ac- tions and ...
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... attain this , or when already in some degree possessed , to attain it more completely , became everywhere the principal object of the lovers of liberty . And so long as mankind were content to combat one enemy by another , and to be ...
... attain this , or when already in some degree possessed , to attain it more completely , became everywhere the principal object of the lovers of liberty . And so long as mankind were content to combat one enemy by another , and to be ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
On the Improvement of the Understanding Benedict | 30 |
INTRODUCTION | 68 |
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