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... truth which actuated them , and the steps by which the systems reached their ultimate form , as well as the conflict of tendencies of which they may be the issue , can be at best but indicated in a dry and cursory manner . It must be ...
... truth which actuated them , and the steps by which the systems reached their ultimate form , as well as the conflict of tendencies of which they may be the issue , can be at best but indicated in a dry and cursory manner . It must be ...
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... ignorance , and arrives at a proper understanding of the truth , the illusion vanishes , and it sees the identity of itself and the world with the universal soul , the one Paramathman . As will be 18 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY .
... ignorance , and arrives at a proper understanding of the truth , the illusion vanishes , and it sees the identity of itself and the world with the universal soul , the one Paramathman . As will be 18 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY .
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... truth of modern times which history can offer . The wonderful guess of Anaximandros on the subject of Evolution must ever maintain his name as memorable in the annals of human thought . It is noteworthy that this idea , if not ...
... truth of modern times which history can offer . The wonderful guess of Anaximandros on the subject of Evolution must ever maintain his name as memorable in the annals of human thought . It is noteworthy that this idea , if not ...
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... truth non - existent . Being is one , unchangeable , unbecome , infinite , and eternal . The appearance of change , multiplicity , limitation , etc. , in the sense world , is illusory . Parmenides enunciated for the first time , in ...
... truth non - existent . Being is one , unchangeable , unbecome , infinite , and eternal . The appearance of change , multiplicity , limitation , etc. , in the sense world , is illusory . Parmenides enunciated for the first time , in ...
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... truth , and immediate utility , of goodness . Prodikos , born in the island of Chios , also came to Athens while a young man , and adopted the calling of Sophist . His chief merit lies in his having contributed to fix the definitions of ...
... truth , and immediate utility , of goodness . Prodikos , born in the island of Chios , also came to Athens while a young man , and adopted the calling of Sophist . His chief merit lies in his having contributed to fix the definitions of ...
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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.