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She teaches us to be independent of all material substances , of all mechanical contrivances .... The ancient philosophers did not neglect natural science ; but they did not cultivate it for the purpose of increasing the power and ...
She teaches us to be independent of all material substances , of all mechanical contrivances .... The ancient philosophers did not neglect natural science ; but they did not cultivate it for the purpose of increasing the power and ...
Page 120
Having laid down that all religious and philosophical conceptions are ultimately traceable to economic relations and modes of production of material goods , he naturally embraces the doctrine that matter is primary and actually existed ...
Having laid down that all religious and philosophical conceptions are ultimately traceable to economic relations and modes of production of material goods , he naturally embraces the doctrine that matter is primary and actually existed ...
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First , it alleges that this philosophy was philanthropic , as pointing the way to material progress ; and secondly , that it was a popular philosophy , frowned upon by the ruling class as subversive of the established order .
First , it alleges that this philosophy was philanthropic , as pointing the way to material progress ; and secondly , that it was a popular philosophy , frowned upon by the ruling class as subversive of the established order .
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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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