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... of course , apply to the fragmentary works of ancient authors , which require special research and critical treatment . philosophy to trace the action and reaction of speculative thought INTROD . ] II . THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY . 9.
... of course , apply to the fragmentary works of ancient authors , which require special research and critical treatment . philosophy to trace the action and reaction of speculative thought INTROD . ] II . THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY . 9.
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Ernest Belfort Bax. philosophy to trace the action and reaction of speculative thought upon its surroundings , intellectual and material . Although we cannot expect to carry out this principle to its full extent in a volume like the ...
Ernest Belfort Bax. philosophy to trace the action and reaction of speculative thought upon its surroundings , intellectual and material . Although we cannot expect to carry out this principle to its full extent in a volume like the ...
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... actions of the historical Socrates . Plato and Aristotle , on the other hand , cannot be said to have received more than an impulse from Socrates . It is next to certain that they could not have obtained a single speculative doctrine ...
... actions of the historical Socrates . Plato and Aristotle , on the other hand , cannot be said to have received more than an impulse from Socrates . It is next to certain that they could not have obtained a single speculative doctrine ...
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... action and reaction , otherwise than on a monistic basis . He shows that the facts of nature and the real world all point to one primitive substance as their substratum . This explicit Monism denotes a considerable advance in ...
... action and reaction , otherwise than on a monistic basis . He shows that the facts of nature and the real world all point to one primitive substance as their substratum . This explicit Monism denotes a considerable advance in ...
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... action of the atoms was conditioned in a triple way , by their order , their position and their form . Their size was various , but upon it depended their weight , that is , their tendency to move downwards . The atoms , like the void ...
... action of the atoms was conditioned in a triple way , by their order , their position and their form . Their size was various , but upon it depended their weight , that is , their tendency to move downwards . The atoms , like the void ...
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Page 199 - When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.