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... whole ? The truth is that the eternal laws are because they are , and can serve no purpose outside themselves . Some people argue , how- ever , that if there is no purpose , then the whole universe be- comes meaningless . But this ...
... whole ? The truth is that the eternal laws are because they are , and can serve no purpose outside themselves . Some people argue , how- ever , that if there is no purpose , then the whole universe be- comes meaningless . But this ...
Page 172
... whole . You can take your pick between a Virginia reel of lovers or the building up of a life- long relationship . The results of the two are incommensur- able . Which , carried out thoroughly and with earnestness , is likely to show ...
... whole . You can take your pick between a Virginia reel of lovers or the building up of a life- long relationship . The results of the two are incommensur- able . Which , carried out thoroughly and with earnestness , is likely to show ...
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... whole- sale abandonment of the whole code and of the theory of a scale of values . It may be objected here that all I am doing is appealing to authority , and that such an appeal is no longer of any use ; that we have to find out things ...
... whole- sale abandonment of the whole code and of the theory of a scale of values . It may be objected here that all I am doing is appealing to authority , and that such an appeal is no longer of any use ; that we have to find out things ...
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