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... faculty of seeing what belongs and happens to " all persons and things , and a grateful disposition " ( also , i . c . 16 ) . He argues from the very struc- ture of things which have attained their completion , that we are accustomed to ...
... faculty of seeing what belongs and happens to " all persons and things , and a grateful disposition " ( also , i . c . 16 ) . He argues from the very struc- ture of things which have attained their completion , that we are accustomed to ...
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... faculty of seeing and light demonstrate him " ? He then considers the constitution of man's understanding and its operations ; and he asks , if this is not sufficient to convince us , let people " explain to us what it is that makes ...
... faculty of seeing and light demonstrate him " ? He then considers the constitution of man's understanding and its operations ; and he asks , if this is not sufficient to convince us , let people " explain to us what it is that makes ...
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... faculty ( rò yeμoviкóv ) , of which he gives a defini- tion or description ( iv . c . 7 ) . It is that faculty " which uses all other faculties and tries them , and selects and rejects ; " a faculty by which we reflect and judge and ...
... faculty ( rò yeμoviкóv ) , of which he gives a defini- tion or description ( iv . c . 7 ) . It is that faculty " which uses all other faculties and tries them , and selects and rejects ; " a faculty by which we reflect and judge and ...
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... faculty ( rò idov yepoviкóv ) : that is the business of the philosopher ( iii . c . 3 ) . A man who wishes to be what he is by nature , by his constitution , adapted for becoming , must " struggle against appear- ances " ( ii . c . 18 ) ...
... faculty ( rò idov yepoviкóv ) : that is the business of the philosopher ( iii . c . 3 ) . A man who wishes to be what he is by nature , by his constitution , adapted for becoming , must " struggle against appear- ances " ( ii . c . 18 ) ...
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... faculty ; for when a man knows that it is weak , then he will not employ it on things of the greatest diffi- culty " ; and again ( ii . 11 ) , " the beginning of philosophy is a man's consciousness about his own weakness and inability ...
... faculty ; for when a man knows that it is weak , then he will not employ it on things of the greatest diffi- culty " ; and again ( ii . 11 ) , " the beginning of philosophy is a man's consciousness about his own weakness and inability ...
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