Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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Page 257
... Doubt never has such an effect . Nor must we overlook a third point of difference . Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free our- selves and pass into the state of belief ; while the latter is a calm and ...
... Doubt never has such an effect . Nor must we overlook a third point of difference . Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free our- selves and pass into the state of belief ; while the latter is a calm and ...
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... doubt in the place of that belief . With the doubt , therefore , the struggle begins , and with the cessa- tion of doubt it ends . Hence , the sole object of inquiry is the settlement of opinion . We may fancy that this is not enough ...
... doubt in the place of that belief . With the doubt , therefore , the struggle begins , and with the cessa- tion of doubt it ends . Hence , the sole object of inquiry is the settlement of opinion . We may fancy that this is not enough ...
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... doubt , nor believing that anybody else whom I could influence has , it would be the merest babble for me to say more about it . If there be anybody with a living doubt upon the subject , let him consider it . . . . This is the only one ...
... doubt , nor believing that anybody else whom I could influence has , it would be the merest babble for me to say more about it . If there be anybody with a living doubt upon the subject , let him consider it . . . . This is the only one ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
On the Improvement of the Understanding Benedict | 30 |
INTRODUCTION | 68 |
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