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... notion of supreme perfection entails the notion of one thing being more perfect than another . No matter how we define ' x is supremely perfect ' , it is true that " x is supremely perfect " entails " for any y ( the same as x or ...
... notion of supreme perfection entails the notion of one thing being more perfect than another . No matter how we define ' x is supremely perfect ' , it is true that " x is supremely perfect " entails " for any y ( the same as x or ...
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... notion of one thing being more perfect than another ; he believes , correctly , that if that notion is dis- credited , then so is the notion of supreme perfection . For we have seen that , if the notion of one thing being more perfect ...
... notion of one thing being more perfect than another ; he believes , correctly , that if that notion is dis- credited , then so is the notion of supreme perfection . For we have seen that , if the notion of one thing being more perfect ...
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... notion that truth is relative to individuals . The mutability notion is no more accurate a description of truth than is the relativity notion . What James seems to have in mind where he talks of mutability is that one and the same ...
... notion that truth is relative to individuals . The mutability notion is no more accurate a description of truth than is the relativity notion . What James seems to have in mind where he talks of mutability is that one and the same ...
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PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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