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... reason I have nothing to say about ' medicine- kings ' , vegetation - spirits , marriage with the earth - mother . Mr Sheppard's reason could not be more conclusive . No one can ever establish that ' modern theories ' were known to ...
... reason I have nothing to say about ' medicine- kings ' , vegetation - spirits , marriage with the earth - mother . Mr Sheppard's reason could not be more conclusive . No one can ever establish that ' modern theories ' were known to ...
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... reason finds it hard to dominate completely . If reason could once establish perfect authority , or perfect detachment from unruly passions and desires , then all our minds would see the one truth as it really is , and find themselves ...
... reason finds it hard to dominate completely . If reason could once establish perfect authority , or perfect detachment from unruly passions and desires , then all our minds would see the one truth as it really is , and find themselves ...
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... Reason . For convenience Plato retained the old narrative form of exposition ; but neither he nor Aristotle believed ... Reason . For this Reason Aristotle substitutes a vaguely personified Nature , who always aims at some end . Now ...
... Reason . For convenience Plato retained the old narrative form of exposition ; but neither he nor Aristotle believed ... Reason . For this Reason Aristotle substitutes a vaguely personified Nature , who always aims at some end . Now ...
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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