Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements on Man and His Institutions by the Great Thinkers in Western HistoryMortimer Jerome Adler, Charles Lincoln Van Doren Passages from the West's great written works, ranging from the Odyssey and the Old Testament to the Interpretation of Dreams and Ulysses, comment on love, knowledge, ethics, war, art, and other abiding topics. |
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Page 431
... believe in that idea , unless , indeed , belief in it inciden- tally clashed with other greater vital benefits . " What would be better for us to believe ! " This sounds very like a definition of truth . It comes very near to saying ...
... believe in that idea , unless , indeed , belief in it inciden- tally clashed with other greater vital benefits . " What would be better for us to believe ! " This sounds very like a definition of truth . It comes very near to saying ...
Page 448
... believe , but I do not understand everything that I believe ; for all which I understand I know , but I do not know all that I believe . But still I am not unmindful of the utility of believing many things which are not known ...
... believe , but I do not understand everything that I believe ; for all which I understand I know , but I do not know all that I believe . But still I am not unmindful of the utility of believing many things which are not known ...
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... believe , or as he himself later called it , the right to believe . The discovery of the fundamental consequences of one or another belief has without fail a certain influence on that belief itself . If a man cherishes novelty , risk ...
... believe , or as he himself later called it , the right to believe . The discovery of the fundamental consequences of one or another belief has without fail a certain influence on that belief itself . If a man cherishes novelty , risk ...
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