Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... question and answer , " implying Socrates is the destructive critic who makes no positive contribution to the discussion . But let us see whether such a conception can be justified by Socrates ' actual performance . What kind of question ...
... question and answer , " implying Socrates is the destructive critic who makes no positive contribution to the discussion . But let us see whether such a conception can be justified by Socrates ' actual performance . What kind of question ...
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... questions , the question of the purposiveness of evolution has become entangled in a mass of detail . When , long ago , Huxley and Mr. Gladstone debated the truth of the Christian religion in the pages of the Nineteenth Century , this ...
... questions , the question of the purposiveness of evolution has become entangled in a mass of detail . When , long ago , Huxley and Mr. Gladstone debated the truth of the Christian religion in the pages of the Nineteenth Century , this ...
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... question which will interest him is the question , " What truth is there in these systems ? " And the moment he asks it he will be discouraged when he looks at the history of philosophy because , as you all know , there is so much ...
... question which will interest him is the question , " What truth is there in these systems ? " And the moment he asks it he will be discouraged when he looks at the history of philosophy because , as you all know , there is so much ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
On the Improvement of the Understanding Benedict | 30 |
INTRODUCTION | 68 |
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