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... attain objective knowledge . We each have feelings of what we call sweetness , whiteness , and so on , but what is the nature of the object which causes those feelings , and whether the feelings which others call by the same name are ...
... attain objective knowledge . We each have feelings of what we call sweetness , whiteness , and so on , but what is the nature of the object which causes those feelings , and whether the feelings which others call by the same name are ...
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... attaining it . You would tell us that , if a man has failed to learn the truth from another , or to discover it for himself , it is his duty at any rate to find the best and most irrefragable of human words , and trusting himself to ...
... attaining it . You would tell us that , if a man has failed to learn the truth from another , or to discover it for himself , it is his duty at any rate to find the best and most irrefragable of human words , and trusting himself to ...
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... attain to actual existence in some concrete shape by the addition of Form , so the Genus is by itself only potential , but attains actual existence in its Species through the addition of the Differentia ' . The First Form of Aristotle ...
... attain to actual existence in some concrete shape by the addition of Form , so the Genus is by itself only potential , but attains actual existence in its Species through the addition of the Differentia ' . The First Form of Aristotle ...
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... attain the highest happiness , we must do the very contrary to this , train ourselves , as far as may be , to think and feel as immortals , and to live with a constant reference to that which is best and highest in our nature . For that ...
... attain the highest happiness , we must do the very contrary to this , train ourselves , as far as may be , to think and feel as immortals , and to live with a constant reference to that which is best and highest in our nature . For that ...
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... attain it . For ( 1 ) as regards community of women , it is impossible for ' all to have all in common , ' if we use the word ' all ' distributive- ly ; and , if it is used collectively , ( affirming a general 1 ὁ μὲν δοῦλος ὅλως οὐκ ...
... attain it . For ( 1 ) as regards community of women , it is impossible for ' all to have all in common , ' if we use the word ' all ' distributive- ly ; and , if it is used collectively , ( affirming a general 1 ὁ μὲν δοῦλος ὅλως οὐκ ...
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