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In his inaugural lecture of 1931 , the general truth is enunciated thus : a If we look beneath the surface of philosophical discussion , we find that its course is largely governed by assumptions that are seldom , or never , mentioned .
In his inaugural lecture of 1931 , the general truth is enunciated thus : a If we look beneath the surface of philosophical discussion , we find that its course is largely governed by assumptions that are seldom , or never , mentioned .
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If we look beneath the surface details , we find at the centre an intuition which has guided the whole course of mathematical physics from its founder Pythagoras to the present day : ' The nature of things is Number .
If we look beneath the surface details , we find at the centre an intuition which has guided the whole course of mathematical physics from its founder Pythagoras to the present day : ' The nature of things is Number .
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Not living in a mechanical age , he did not look for a model to the factory with its despotic manager or its board of directors . The principle that guided him was this . A social order cannot be stable and harmonious unless it reflects ...
Not living in a mechanical age , he did not look for a model to the factory with its despotic manager or its board of directors . The principle that guided him was this . A social order cannot be stable and harmonious unless it reflects ...
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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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