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But it may have still another meaning , namely how “ good ” is to be defined . ... For example there is verbal or nominal definition which aims to tell how people use a certain word ; and then there is real or essential definition which ...
But it may have still another meaning , namely how “ good ” is to be defined . ... For example there is verbal or nominal definition which aims to tell how people use a certain word ; and then there is real or essential definition which ...
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( 6 ) Good , that quality which we assert to belong to a thing when we call it good , is incapable of definition . ... are indefinable because they are the ultimate terms by reference to which whatever is definable must be defined .
( 6 ) Good , that quality which we assert to belong to a thing when we call it good , is incapable of definition . ... are indefinable because they are the ultimate terms by reference to which whatever is definable must be defined .
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Here the critic can work out a theory or real definition in which he lists the common properties at least of the extant Greek tragedies . Aristotle's definition , false as it is as a theory of all the plays of Aeschylus , Sophocles ...
Here the critic can work out a theory or real definition in which he lists the common properties at least of the extant Greek tragedies . Aristotle's definition , false as it is as a theory of all the plays of Aeschylus , Sophocles ...
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Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
The principles of natural theologyfrom St Thomas Aquinas | 9 |
The religious wagerfrom Blaise Pascal | 22 |
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| Title | An Introduction to Modern Philosophy in Seven Philosophical Problems |
| Author | Alburey Castell |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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