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... expressing one's thoughts , as Plato did , in dramatic form : ' the action is lifted above the plane of historical ... expression were grotesquely inadequate to the demands of abstract speculation . Philosophic prose was in its lisping ...
... expressing one's thoughts , as Plato did , in dramatic form : ' the action is lifted above the plane of historical ... expression were grotesquely inadequate to the demands of abstract speculation . Philosophic prose was in its lisping ...
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... expression , or methods of symbolism — the ritual and the narrative , the social institution and the myth ? The psychological interpretation asserts that behind both these alternative symbolisms there lies the universal inner experience ...
... expression , or methods of symbolism — the ritual and the narrative , the social institution and the myth ? The psychological interpretation asserts that behind both these alternative symbolisms there lies the universal inner experience ...
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... expression of it in completely extant writings . In one obvious respect , we are at a serious disadvantage , as compared with the archaeologist . Every system of philosophy is unique . The archaeologist is guided by the analogy of a ...
... expression of it in completely extant writings . In one obvious respect , we are at a serious disadvantage , as compared with the archaeologist . Every system of philosophy is unique . The archaeologist is guided by the analogy of a ...
Contents
The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 31 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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