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... knowledge ' . And , even granted that the knowledge gained from comparative study is knowledge , he thinks that we know too much - far more about primitive religion than the fifth - century Greeks knew - and that we read back that knowledge ...
... knowledge ' . And , even granted that the knowledge gained from comparative study is knowledge , he thinks that we know too much - far more about primitive religion than the fifth - century Greeks knew - and that we read back that knowledge ...
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... knowledge which , after a sufficient lapse of time , no individual can formulate in abstract terms . The knowledge is not blotted out , though you may say it is forgotten ; it lives on in symbol and image , and finally , as it were ...
... knowledge which , after a sufficient lapse of time , no individual can formulate in abstract terms . The knowledge is not blotted out , though you may say it is forgotten ; it lives on in symbol and image , and finally , as it were ...
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... knowledge of good and evil , the knowledge ( as we say ) of values . To possess wisdom is to know what is really good and ✓ worth living for ; and that is the secret of happiness . It is true , Plato thought that such wisdom could be ...
... knowledge of good and evil , the knowledge ( as we say ) of values . To possess wisdom is to know what is really good and ✓ worth living for ; and that is the secret of happiness . It is true , Plato thought that such wisdom could be ...
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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