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He proceeds thus deliberately , because centuries of critical reflection have taught him that such a concept is only hypothetical , not given ; therefore he feels free to adapt it in any way that will fit it to support the phenomena he ...
He proceeds thus deliberately , because centuries of critical reflection have taught him that such a concept is only hypothetical , not given ; therefore he feels free to adapt it in any way that will fit it to support the phenomena he ...
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It was certainly not given , through the senses , by the external world . It must , therefore , have been given by some part of the philosopher's mind . Now when an image ( as distinct from an object of sensation ) presents itself to ...
It was certainly not given , through the senses , by the external world . It must , therefore , have been given by some part of the philosopher's mind . Now when an image ( as distinct from an object of sensation ) presents itself to ...
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In Plato's latest work , the Laws , he tries to bring the institutions of the Republic closer to the given possibilities of actual life ; and here there is a yet stronger resemblance to the Roman Church , which has found the secret of ...
In Plato's latest work , the Laws , he tries to bring the institutions of the Republic closer to the given possibilities of actual life ; and here there is a yet stronger resemblance to the Roman Church , which has found the secret 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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| 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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