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Page 134
... problems - the prob- lem of the will , of which I have already spoken , and , of lesser though still major importance , the problem of the intellect . That Rousseau is at the headwaters of an anti - intellectualist trend extending down ...
... problems - the prob- lem of the will , of which I have already spoken , and , of lesser though still major importance , the problem of the intellect . That Rousseau is at the headwaters of an anti - intellectualist trend extending down ...
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... problem of evil , the problem that justifies every assault upon war and poverty and disease , is to reduce it to amounts that can be spiritually assimilated . This doctrine is just the opposite of certain " optimistic " life - denying ...
... problem of evil , the problem that justifies every assault upon war and poverty and disease , is to reduce it to amounts that can be spiritually assimilated . This doctrine is just the opposite of certain " optimistic " life - denying ...
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... problem is at least as old as Plato , no one has yet been able to define a good man in the sense in which it is possible to define a good horse , or a good pig , or a good bee . Nor does there ever arise in the animal realm one of those ...
... problem is at least as old as Plato , no one has yet been able to define a good man in the sense in which it is possible to define a good horse , or a good pig , or a good bee . Nor does there ever arise in the animal realm one of those ...
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