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So we put the matter , in abstract and impersonal terms . But there is something warmer and more human behind it . For what is Plato's remedy for the evils of his time ? That ' the philosopher should be king ' - again an abstract and ...
So we put the matter , in abstract and impersonal terms . But there is something warmer and more human behind it . For what is Plato's remedy for the evils of his time ? That ' the philosopher should be king ' - again an abstract and ...
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Philosophy requires an exceptionally large proportion of abstract words ; and the discipline of translating into , and out of , Greek and Latin has taught us that abstract words - as distinct from the names of tangible objectshave a ...
Philosophy requires an exceptionally large proportion of abstract words ; and the discipline of translating into , and out of , Greek and Latin has taught us that abstract words - as distinct from the names of tangible objectshave a ...
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But the form of these explanations resembles day - dreaming - or dreaming proper — rather than the directed logical thinking which is governed by an effort of conscious attention , and uses language and abstract concepts .
But the form of these explanations resembles day - dreaming - or dreaming proper — rather than the directed logical thinking which is governed by an effort of conscious attention , and uses language and abstract concepts .
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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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| 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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