Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... evil - must it not be so ? Polus . Yes . Socrates . But then again , what was the observation which you just now made , about doing and suffering wrong ? Did you not say , that suffering wrong was more evil , and doing wrong more ...
... evil - must it not be so ? Polus . Yes . Socrates . But then again , what was the observation which you just now made , about doing and suffering wrong ? Did you not say , that suffering wrong was more evil , and doing wrong more ...
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... evil neither to be explained nor banished that creatures with such distressing " points of view " should exist . ( 2 ) Evil as a means to the development of character , — “ soul- making . " The evidence that suggests and seems to ...
... evil neither to be explained nor banished that creatures with such distressing " points of view " should exist . ( 2 ) Evil as a means to the development of character , — “ soul- making . " The evidence that suggests and seems to ...
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... evil that can possibly justify a radical pessi- mism , for evil , being independent of good , cannot infect it . We may thus learn to take experience piecemeal , taking the good and the evil as they come , grateful for the one ...
... evil that can possibly justify a radical pessi- mism , for evil , being independent of good , cannot infect it . We may thus learn to take experience piecemeal , taking the good and the evil as they come , grateful for the one ...
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On the Improvement of the Understanding Benedict | 30 |
INTRODUCTION | 68 |
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