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... practical affairs , are inclined to doubt whether philosophy is anything better than innocent but useless trifling ... practical " men . The " practical " man , as this word is often used , is one who recognizes only material needs , who ...
... practical affairs , are inclined to doubt whether philosophy is anything better than innocent but useless trifling ... practical " men . The " practical " man , as this word is often used , is one who recognizes only material needs , who ...
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... practical law , and consequently the maxim that I should follow this law even to the thwart- ing of all my inclinations . Thus the moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect expected from it , nor in any prin- ciple of action ...
... practical law , and consequently the maxim that I should follow this law even to the thwart- ing of all my inclinations . Thus the moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect expected from it , nor in any prin- ciple of action ...
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... practical principle of reason whatever . If then there is a supreme practical principle or , in respect of the human will , a categorical im- perative , it must be one which , being drawn from the conception of that which is necessarily ...
... practical principle of reason whatever . If then there is a supreme practical principle or , in respect of the human will , a categorical im- perative , it must be one which , being drawn from the conception of that which is necessarily ...
Contents
Socratic Wisdom 2 Bertrand Russell The Value of Philosophy Suggestions for Further Reading Part II Philosophy of Religion Introduction Can we pr... | 1 |
A Critique of the Cosmological Argument | 2 |
The Watch and the Watchmaker | 3 |
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