An Anthology of Modern Philosophy: Selections for Beginners from the Writings of the Greatest Philosophers from 1500 to 1900, with Biographical Sketches, Analyses, Diagrams and Questions for DiscussionDaniel Sommer Robinson |
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... elements , so that before all else those elements each broke forth into action and into its essence . Fire became heaven , and the chest of the firmament . The air was made mere emptiness , where nothing appears or is visible ...
... elements , so that before all else those elements each broke forth into action and into its essence . Fire became heaven , and the chest of the firmament . The air was made mere emptiness , where nothing appears or is visible ...
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... elements , and seizes upon these . Nor does it take that which is already occupied . No mixture of the elements remained joined or united , but each separate element withdrew according to its own pleasure , in no way united or conjoined ...
... elements , and seizes upon these . Nor does it take that which is already occupied . No mixture of the elements remained joined or united , but each separate element withdrew according to its own pleasure , in no way united or conjoined ...
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... elements corre- sponding to impressions that have ceased : for , as already stated , the immediate impression can have the value of an element in a perception only when brought into connexion with the other elements , with which it is ...
... elements corre- sponding to impressions that have ceased : for , as already stated , the immediate impression can have the value of an element in a perception only when brought into connexion with the other elements , with which it is ...
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PARACELSUS THE GREAT | 3 |
GIORDANO BRUNO | 24 |
TOMMASO CAMPANELLA | 59 |
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