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Page 241
... philosophers of our own day if before they set about a work they submitted them- selves to the discipline of reading Hume's Inquiry Concerning the Human Understanding . For it is not invariably that they write now with distinction . It ...
... philosophers of our own day if before they set about a work they submitted them- selves to the discipline of reading Hume's Inquiry Concerning the Human Understanding . For it is not invariably that they write now with distinction . It ...
Page 242
... philosopher does not speak only to other philosophers and to undergraduates working for a degree ; he speaks also to the men of letters , politi- cians and reflective persons who directly mould the ideas of the coming generation . They ...
... philosopher does not speak only to other philosophers and to undergraduates working for a degree ; he speaks also to the men of letters , politi- cians and reflective persons who directly mould the ideas of the coming generation . They ...
Page 261
... philosophers stand back and refuse to give even tentative answers to these ques- tions they shirk their responsibilities . Now , the most urgent problem that confronts the plain man is the problem of evil . It is curious to notice that ...
... philosophers stand back and refuse to give even tentative answers to these ques- tions they shirk their responsibilities . Now , the most urgent problem that confronts the plain man is the problem of evil . It is curious to notice that ...
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