Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... hands , and using only the strong and vigorous , would he not think them madder than ever ? And if lastly , not ... hand of man it is manifestly impossible , without instruments and machinery , either for the strength of each to be ...
... hands , and using only the strong and vigorous , would he not think them madder than ever ? And if lastly , not ... hand of man it is manifestly impossible , without instruments and machinery , either for the strength of each to be ...
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... hand nor the understanding left to itself can effect much . It is by instruments and helps that the work is done , which are as much wanted for the understanding as for the hand . And as the instruments of the hand either give mo- tion ...
... hand nor the understanding left to itself can effect much . It is by instruments and helps that the work is done , which are as much wanted for the understanding as for the hand . And as the instruments of the hand either give mo- tion ...
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... hand . I speak , of course , here of the purely judging mind . For pur- poses of discovery such indifference is to be less highly recom- mended , and science would be far less advanced than she is if the passionate desires of ...
... hand . I speak , of course , here of the purely judging mind . For pur- poses of discovery such indifference is to be less highly recom- mended , and science would be far less advanced than she is if the passionate desires of ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
On the Improvement of the Understanding Benedict | 30 |
INTRODUCTION | 68 |
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