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... question was : What is the ultimate good in which human happiness can be found ? And , looking beyond mankind to the world as a whole : Is the universe governed by a moral power , which has some care for man , or is it not ? Stoic and ...
... question was : What is the ultimate good in which human happiness can be found ? And , looking beyond mankind to the world as a whole : Is the universe governed by a moral power , which has some care for man , or is it not ? Stoic and ...
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... questions it asks are different questions . Its method is a new method , dictated by the need to meet those new ... question why they exist . First , let me indicate the limits of my subject . Other speakers are to deal with Greek ...
... questions it asks are different questions . Its method is a new method , dictated by the need to meet those new ... question why they exist . First , let me indicate the limits of my subject . Other speakers are to deal with Greek ...
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... question , how things behave . Here is the second point of dif- ference between ancient and modern natural philosophy . At all times the quest is for something permanent , and therefore know- able , in the ceaseless flow of appearances ...
... question , how things behave . Here is the second point of dif- ference between ancient and modern natural philosophy . At all times the quest is for something permanent , and therefore know- able , in the ceaseless flow of appearances ...
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 31 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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