The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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... mind pure reason seems as mythical as the pure gold , transparent as glass , with which the celestial city is paved . Formerly philosophers thought of mind as having to do exclusively with conscious thought . It was that within man ...
... mind pure reason seems as mythical as the pure gold , transparent as glass , with which the celestial city is paved . Formerly philosophers thought of mind as having to do exclusively with conscious thought . It was that within man ...
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... mind , is the measure of planetary motion . The chemist finds proportions and intelligible method throughout matter ... mind . Its laws are the laws of his own mind . Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments . So much of ...
... mind , is the measure of planetary motion . The chemist finds proportions and intelligible method throughout matter ... mind . Its laws are the laws of his own mind . Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments . So much of ...
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... mind is not a direct evolution from the beast's mind , but is a unique variant and therefore has had a meteoric and startling career very different from any other animal history . The trait that sets human mentality apart from every ...
... mind is not a direct evolution from the beast's mind , but is a unique variant and therefore has had a meteoric and startling career very different from any other animal history . The trait that sets human mentality apart from every ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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