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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... remains so long valid as the will of him that gave his word remains unchanged . For he that has authority to break faith has , in fact , bated nothing of his own right , but only made a present of words . If , then , he , being by ...
... remains so long valid as the will of him that gave his word remains unchanged . For he that has authority to break faith has , in fact , bated nothing of his own right , but only made a present of words . If , then , he , being by ...
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... remains a machine . even to its least parts and , what is more , it remains always the same machine it has been , being only transformed by the differ- ent folds it receives and sometimes expanded , sometimes com- pressed and , as it ...
... remains a machine . even to its least parts and , what is more , it remains always the same machine it has been , being only transformed by the differ- ent folds it receives and sometimes expanded , sometimes com- pressed and , as it ...
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... remains unalterably the same , perhaps for one moment . The mind is a kind of theatre , where several per- ceptions successively make their appearance ; pass , repass , glide away , and mingle in an infinite variety of postures and ...
... remains unalterably the same , perhaps for one moment . The mind is a kind of theatre , where several per- ceptions successively make their appearance ; pass , repass , glide away , and mingle in an infinite variety of postures and ...
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PARACELSUS THE GREAT | 3 |
GIORDANO BRUNO | 24 |
TOMMASO CAMPANELLA | 59 |
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