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... belief that " from such inquiries a single important practical consequence " can follow ? " Even at the time when Mr. Mill wrote these words I cannot but think they described matters as somewhat worse than they really were . When I ...
... belief that " from such inquiries a single important practical consequence " can follow ? " Even at the time when Mr. Mill wrote these words I cannot but think they described matters as somewhat worse than they really were . When I ...
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... believing knowledge of Hegel . No disrespect is implied to Hegel . But , whatever Hegel may have been , he was not everybody collectively . As Mr. Artemus Ward said to his American countrymen about the Negro , we ought perhaps to think ...
... believing knowledge of Hegel . No disrespect is implied to Hegel . But , whatever Hegel may have been , he was not everybody collectively . As Mr. Artemus Ward said to his American countrymen about the Negro , we ought perhaps to think ...
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... Belief , 1853 , and his Ultimate Civilization , 1860 . REV . DR . WHEWELL ( nat . 1794 ) : —Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences , 1840 ; Elements of Morality , 1845 ; Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England , 1852 ; The ...
... Belief , 1853 , and his Ultimate Civilization , 1860 . REV . DR . WHEWELL ( nat . 1794 ) : —Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences , 1840 ; Elements of Morality , 1845 ; Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England , 1852 ; The ...
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... Beliefs , 1865 . MR . HERBERT SPENCER : -Social Statics , 1851 ; Principles of Psy- chology , 1855 ; Essays , reprinted from periodicals ( 1st series 1858 , 2d series 1863 ) ; Education , 1861 ; First Principles ( the 1st volume of a ...
... Beliefs , 1865 . MR . HERBERT SPENCER : -Social Statics , 1851 ; Principles of Psy- chology , 1855 ; Essays , reprinted from periodicals ( 1st series 1858 , 2d series 1863 ) ; Education , 1861 ; First Principles ( the 1st volume of a ...
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... beliefs my sole warrant lies in corresponding facts of my own consciousness . The Universe , past , present , and to come , rolls into my ken only through my mind . On this ground of Consciousness , then , as the repository , storehouse ...
... beliefs my sole warrant lies in corresponding facts of my own consciousness . The Universe , past , present , and to come , rolls into my ken only through my mind . On this ground of Consciousness , then , as the repository , storehouse ...
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