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Bergson explains how it is that the intellect can always find inexhaustible evidence of design in creation , which , nevertheless ( he thinks ) , had no designer . In poetic creation there may be a great deal of design ; but I suggest ...
Bergson explains how it is that the intellect can always find inexhaustible evidence of design in creation , which , nevertheless ( he thinks ) , had no designer . In poetic creation there may be a great deal of design ; but I suggest ...
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The account of creation given in the first chapter of Genesis , which has been so much praised for its simple grandeur and sublimity , is merely a rationalised version of the old myth of the fight with the dragon , a myth which for ...
The account of creation given in the first chapter of Genesis , which has been so much praised for its simple grandeur and sublimity , is merely a rationalised version of the old myth of the fight with the dragon , a myth which for ...
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and this is graphically set forth in the drama of his ascent upon his throne ; he is thereby acknowledged as lord of creation . The mysteryrite not only symbolised , but was believed actually to bring about , the revivification of ...
and this is graphically set forth in the drama of his ascent upon his throne ; he is thereby acknowledged as lord of creation . The mysteryrite not only symbolised , but was believed actually to bring about , the revivification of ...
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Contents
The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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abstract Aeschylus ancient answer appears Aristotle associations authority beauty become beginning believe birth bodies called century character city-state complete concepts cosmogony course Creation criticism death described desire divine doctrine earth element Eros event existence experience explain expression fact feeling finally follow force given gods Greek hand harmony heaven Hesiod human ideal ideas individual interest Ionian Italy king knowledge later lectures less light living look lovers material matter means mentioned mind moral myth mythical nature never object once origin perfect perhaps philosophy physical Plato political possible produce question reason Republic ritual seems sense separation social society Socrates soul space speaks theory things thought traditional true truth unconscious universe wealth whole wisdom writes Zeus
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| Title | The Unwritten Philosophy and Other Essays |
| Author | Francis Macdonald Cornford |
| Editor | William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
| Contributor | William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
| Publisher | University Press, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 138 pages |
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