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Page 1465
... respect for the particular , for the reason that it , too , is an essential part of the whole . The attention of the eighteenth century , therefore , was turned from the contemplation of the universal , the general , and the great , to ...
... respect for the particular , for the reason that it , too , is an essential part of the whole . The attention of the eighteenth century , therefore , was turned from the contemplation of the universal , the general , and the great , to ...
Page 1562
... respect for the church , christ and scripture when he belaboured revela- tion . Indeed , as a freethinker bold enough to sign his heresies and clothing them in such plausible arguments , he was attacked all the more resolutely ...
... respect for the church , christ and scripture when he belaboured revela- tion . Indeed , as a freethinker bold enough to sign his heresies and clothing them in such plausible arguments , he was attacked all the more resolutely ...
Page 1679
... respect for facts and subordinating truth not merely to literary presentation but to particular polemical purposes . Had not Alembert proposed that at the end of each century a selection be made of such knowledge as was worthy of ...
... respect for facts and subordinating truth not merely to literary presentation but to particular polemical purposes . Had not Alembert proposed that at the end of each century a selection be made of such knowledge as was worthy of ...
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