Wisdom of the West: A Historical Survey of Western Philosophy in Its Social and Political SettingPopular survey of Western thought from the ancient Greeks to modern Existentialists, with many illustrations and diagrams in full color. |
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... matter . Any form of matter may then serve as basic . He chose air Anaximander regarded the earth as a free floating cylinder with ourselves on one of the end faces . Moreover , our world is supposed to be surrounded by innumerable ...
... matter . Any form of matter may then serve as basic . He chose air Anaximander regarded the earth as a free floating cylinder with ourselves on one of the end faces . Moreover , our world is supposed to be surrounded by innumerable ...
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... Matter and form are abstractions , a concrete thing has both The metaphysics of Aristotle is not easy to discuss ... matter and form . Take for instance the stuff that goes into the making of a column . This would be the matter . The ...
... Matter and form are abstractions , a concrete thing has both The metaphysics of Aristotle is not easy to discuss ... matter and form . Take for instance the stuff that goes into the making of a column . This would be the matter . The ...
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... matter . This matter is however not inert in the sense in which the earlier mechanistic theories had stipulated , on the contrary it is one of the features of matter as such that it should be in motion . There is no need of a prime ...
... matter . This matter is however not inert in the sense in which the earlier mechanistic theories had stipulated , on the contrary it is one of the features of matter as such that it should be in motion . There is no need of a prime ...
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