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... body have been renewed , all the rest is the real horse . " It was therefore decided that I should undertake an entirely new volume on the subject . The plan adopted has been to give a more or less detailed account of those philosophers ...
... body have been renewed , all the rest is the real horse . " It was therefore decided that I should undertake an entirely new volume on the subject . The plan adopted has been to give a more or less detailed account of those philosophers ...
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... body of doctrine , for which the former term was reserved , which hence corresponds properly to ' philosophy . ' Epi- curus , in a similar way , calls philosophy the rational endeavour after happiness . 6 The above were the leading ...
... body of doctrine , for which the former term was reserved , which hence corresponds properly to ' philosophy . ' Epi- curus , in a similar way , calls philosophy the rational endeavour after happiness . 6 The above were the leading ...
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... bodies , as a designation for the department of scientific research known as Physics , while to the common man , chemistry , astronomy , physiology , were no less " philosophy . " We have had , besides , philosophy of manufactures , of ...
... bodies , as a designation for the department of scientific research known as Physics , while to the common man , chemistry , astronomy , physiology , were no less " philosophy . " We have had , besides , philosophy of manufactures , of ...
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... or more properly theosophies , of the East . It is probable that a considerable body of theosophic lore was enshrined in the Egyptian temples ; but encased as it The was in mythological language , and coming to us ( 15 ) THE ORIENTALS. ...
... or more properly theosophies , of the East . It is probable that a considerable body of theosophic lore was enshrined in the Egyptian temples ; but encased as it The was in mythological language , and coming to us ( 15 ) THE ORIENTALS. ...
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... body of pure Semitic literature , that is , such as reflects the Semitic intellect unaffected by non - Semitic culture ( e.g. the Hebrew Scriptures and the Koran ) , for a single trace even of a philosophic thought , much less a system ...
... body of pure Semitic literature , that is , such as reflects the Semitic intellect unaffected by non - Semitic culture ( e.g. the Hebrew Scriptures and the Koran ) , for a single trace even of a philosophic thought , much less a system ...
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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.