Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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Page 174
... distinct ideas , may be somewhat puzzling to the modern reader . But it is a necessary element in any methodology which has certainty as the goal of knowledge . For if everything is to be certain , then , since not everything can be ...
... distinct ideas , may be somewhat puzzling to the modern reader . But it is a necessary element in any methodology which has certainty as the goal of knowledge . For if everything is to be certain , then , since not everything can be ...
Page 243
... distinct from me , the more distinct they are from each other . Radiating , as they do , from within outwards , they form , collectively , the surface of a sphere which tends to grow larger and lose itself in the exterior world . But if ...
... distinct from me , the more distinct they are from each other . Radiating , as they do , from within outwards , they form , collectively , the surface of a sphere which tends to grow larger and lose itself in the exterior world . But if ...
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... distinct event from motion in the first ; nor is there anything in the one to suggest the smallest hint of the other . A stone or piece of metal raised into the air , and left without any support , immediately falls : but to consider ...
... distinct event from motion in the first ; nor is there anything in the one to suggest the smallest hint of the other . A stone or piece of metal raised into the air , and left without any support , immediately falls : but to consider ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
On the Improvement of the Understanding Benedict | 30 |
INTRODUCTION | 68 |
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