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If we examine the nature of things , we notice the fact of degrees of excellence . This is more excellent than that . These are more excellent than those . What sort of excellence is not in question . Saint Thomas seems to suggest that ...
If we examine the nature of things , we notice the fact of degrees of excellence . This is more excellent than that . These are more excellent than those . What sort of excellence is not in question . Saint Thomas seems to suggest that ...
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We can say , The fact in nature this time is degrees of excellence , or imperfect being . We have three possibilities : ( a ) We may accept this as an ultimate fact , neither requiring nor permitting any explanation .
We can say , The fact in nature this time is degrees of excellence , or imperfect being . We have three possibilities : ( a ) We may accept this as an ultimate fact , neither requiring nor permitting any explanation .
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It is thought that nature affords some criterion of what we ought to do . Mill's handling of the appeal to nature is a good example of condensed refutation . He first points out that the term nature , or according to nature ...
It is thought that nature affords some criterion of what we ought to do . Mill's handling of the appeal to nature is a good example of condensed refutation . He first points out that the term nature , or according to nature ...
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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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