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... fact . In science and in industry the fact of constant change is generally accepted . Moral , religious , and articulate philosophic creeds are based upon the idea of fixity . In the history of the race , change has been feared . It has ...
... fact . In science and in industry the fact of constant change is generally accepted . Moral , religious , and articulate philosophic creeds are based upon the idea of fixity . In the history of the race , change has been feared . It has ...
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... fact was relatively trivial : it made no difference to the average man then , as it makes no difference to him to - day . But the second fact was of stupendous impor- tance , for it disposed at one stroke of a mass of bogus facts that ...
... fact was relatively trivial : it made no difference to the average man then , as it makes no difference to him to - day . But the second fact was of stupendous impor- tance , for it disposed at one stroke of a mass of bogus facts that ...
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... fact that the authors of the New Testament were inspired by God , and compiled a record that is innocent of error ? It is not a fact . They were ignorant and credulous men , and they put together a narrative that is as dis- cordant and ...
... fact that the authors of the New Testament were inspired by God , and compiled a record that is innocent of error ? It is not a fact . They were ignorant and credulous men , and they put together a narrative that is as dis- cordant and ...
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BERTRAND RUSSELL | 9 |
JOHN DEWEY | 21 |
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