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Page 13
... philosophers had , no doubt , come to the same conclusion by dint of reason . Noble minds may often have been enabled to raise themselves to the same height in moments of generous emotion . But every one knows the difference between an ...
... philosophers had , no doubt , come to the same conclusion by dint of reason . Noble minds may often have been enabled to raise themselves to the same height in moments of generous emotion . But every one knows the difference between an ...
Page 20
... philosophers are ever talking of sub- ordinating the individual to the state . But in reality there never has been a period in history nor a country in the world , in which the peculiarities of individual temper and character had freer ...
... philosophers are ever talking of sub- ordinating the individual to the state . But in reality there never has been a period in history nor a country in the world , in which the peculiarities of individual temper and character had freer ...
Page 32
... philosophers in modern days . Greece can show few poets equal , none supe- rior to Shakspeare . Gibbon , in many respects , stands above all ancient historians . Bacon was as great a master of philosophy as Aristotle . Nor again , are ...
... philosophers in modern days . Greece can show few poets equal , none supe- rior to Shakspeare . Gibbon , in many respects , stands above all ancient historians . Bacon was as great a master of philosophy as Aristotle . Nor again , are ...
Page 40
... of an abandonment of speculation ; but it may rise to the level of a philosophical humility , which stops where it can advance no further , and confesses its own weakness in the presence of the mysteries 40 The Education of the World .
... of an abandonment of speculation ; but it may rise to the level of a philosophical humility , which stops where it can advance no further , and confesses its own weakness in the presence of the mysteries 40 The Education of the World .
Page 55
... philosophical tenet , but a practical principle , to join it with real religious- ness of life and character , it is absolutely necessary that it should break in upon the mind by slow and steady degrees , and that at every point its ...
... philosophical tenet , but a practical principle , to join it with real religious- ness of life and character , it is absolutely necessary that it should break in upon the mind by slow and steady degrees , and that at every point its ...
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