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The principle that normal desires should be given a legitimate satisfaction dictates his solution of the problem that bulks so large in schemes of social reform — the redistribution of wealth . It excludes the idea , popular with some ...
The principle that normal desires should be given a legitimate satisfaction dictates his solution of the problem that bulks so large in schemes of social reform — the redistribution of wealth . It excludes the idea , popular with some ...
Page 64
They desire wealth , and they shall have it . In the enjoyment of a moderate amount of property - for extremes of poverty and of wealth must be prohibited — they shall find the reward of fulfilling their social function , which is to ...
They desire wealth , and they shall have it . In the enjoyment of a moderate amount of property - for extremes of poverty and of wealth must be prohibited — they shall find the reward of fulfilling their social function , which is to ...
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Finally , it is not easy to see why the existing holders of wealth and power , symbolised by Zeus , should have objected to their advantages being extended by applied science . The modern capitalist does not persecute natural science ...
Finally , it is not easy to see why the existing holders of wealth and power , symbolised by Zeus , should have objected to their advantages being extended by applied science . The modern capitalist does not persecute natural science ...
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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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