Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... understanding and purifying it , as far as may be at the outset , so that it may apprehend things without error , and in the best possible way . Thus it is apparent to every one that I wish to direct all sciences to one end and aim , so ...
... understanding and purifying it , as far as may be at the outset , so that it may apprehend things without error , and in the best possible way . Thus it is apparent to every one that I wish to direct all sciences to one end and aim , so ...
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... understanding . Nor do the definitions or explanations wherewith in some things learned men are wont to guard and defend themselves , by any means set the matter right . But words plainly force and overrule the understanding , and throw ...
... understanding . Nor do the definitions or explanations wherewith in some things learned men are wont to guard and defend themselves , by any means set the matter right . But words plainly force and overrule the understanding , and throw ...
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... understanding . And whenever an understanding of greater acuteness or a more diligent observation would alter those lines to suit the true divisions of nature , words stand in the way and resist the change . Whence it comes to pass that ...
... understanding . And whenever an understanding of greater acuteness or a more diligent observation would alter those lines to suit the true divisions of nature , words stand in the way and resist the change . Whence it comes to pass that ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
On the Improvement of the Understanding Benedict | 30 |
INTRODUCTION | 68 |
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