Present Philosophical Tendencies: A Critical Survey of Naturalism, Idealism, Pragmatism, and Realism Together with a Synopsis of the Philosophy of William James |
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... proving , but by assuming . There is an urgency and brevity about life that makes it impossible that one should give the rein to one's critical powers or weigh every affirmation in the delicate balance of logic . I hope it is clear that ...
... proving , but by assuming . There is an urgency and brevity about life that makes it impossible that one should give the rein to one's critical powers or weigh every affirmation in the delicate balance of logic . I hope it is clear that ...
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... proved , and to which the great majority of men are wholly and irrevocably committed . It is less enlight- ened to despise him as the enemy of truth than to pay him some respect as the friend of peace and order . of Belief § 4. We shall ...
... proved , and to which the great majority of men are wholly and irrevocably committed . It is less enlight- ened to despise him as the enemy of truth than to pay him some respect as the friend of peace and order . of Belief § 4. We shall ...
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... of the seventeenth century , and the compromises of Galileo and Descartes . The catholic orthodoxy of the time has been proved wrong 12 PRESENT PHILOSOPHICAL TENDENCIES The Solidarity of Belief Galileo and the Inquisition.
... of the seventeenth century , and the compromises of Galileo and Descartes . The catholic orthodoxy of the time has been proved wrong 12 PRESENT PHILOSOPHICAL TENDENCIES The Solidarity of Belief Galileo and the Inquisition.
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... proved wrong , cruelly and fatuously wrong ; and Galileo and Descartes doubtless lost an opportunity of displaying the heroism of Bruno and Spinoza . But a powerful motive of the drama will have been reduced to a nullity , if it be ...
... proved wrong , cruelly and fatuously wrong ; and Galileo and Descartes doubtless lost an opportunity of displaying the heroism of Bruno and Spinoza . But a powerful motive of the drama will have been reduced to a nullity , if it be ...
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... proved beyond doubt by the most personal of his writings , the famous Discourse on Method . There he concludes that just as when we propose to rebuild the house in which we live , we must nevertheless occupy some quarters while the work ...
... proved beyond doubt by the most personal of his writings , the famous Discourse on Method . There he concludes that just as when we propose to rebuild the house in which we live , we must nevertheless occupy some quarters while the work ...
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