The New Encyclopaedia Britannica[1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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Page 125
They can also have—and this is important to the argument—what has been
called an emergent mode of existence and might be called a “do it yourself”
mode; a picture, for instance, emerges from the blobs of pigment on a canvas
when the ...
They can also have—and this is important to the argument—what has been
called an emergent mode of existence and might be called a “do it yourself”
mode; a picture, for instance, emerges from the blobs of pigment on a canvas
when the ...
Page 348
As its action is the expression of its existence, it is difficult to confine its existence
to the limited space that it is supposed to occupy according to its precise shape
and size. There is, therefore, no reason for a sharp distinction between occupied
...
As its action is the expression of its existence, it is difficult to confine its existence
to the limited space that it is supposed to occupy according to its precise shape
and size. There is, therefore, no reason for a sharp distinction between occupied
...
Page 581
Judaism was seen as the supreme expression of morality, a universal message
expressed through the particular existence of Israel. The dialogue between
Christianity and Judaism was brought to greater clarity and intensity by Baeck's
refusal ...
Judaism was seen as the supreme expression of morality, a universal message
expressed through the particular existence of Israel. The dialogue between
Christianity and Judaism was brought to greater clarity and intensity by Baeck's
refusal ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Author | Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff |
| Contributor | Robert M. Hutchins |
| Edition | 15, illustrated |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0852292902, 9780852292907 |
| Length | 934 pages |
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