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... never quite comes off . " It goes pretty well in the rarefied subtleties of epistemology and metaphysics , but when the philosopher sneezes and finds himself again a man , he discovers on the plane of common sense a number of things he ...
... never quite comes off . " It goes pretty well in the rarefied subtleties of epistemology and metaphysics , but when the philosopher sneezes and finds himself again a man , he discovers on the plane of common sense a number of things he ...
Page 87
... never get enough of these things , but it is true to say something that sounds very much like this but is really quite different ; namely , that men can never get enough of these things when they want them greedily . When we speak of ...
... never get enough of these things , but it is true to say something that sounds very much like this but is really quite different ; namely , that men can never get enough of these things when they want them greedily . When we speak of ...
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... never ( a ) an escape mechanism , ( b ) opposed to truth , or ( c ) socially reactionary . a . It is not true to say either that religion is always an escape mechanism , or that it never is . Foxhole and ocean - raft conversions ; young ...
... never ( a ) an escape mechanism , ( b ) opposed to truth , or ( c ) socially reactionary . a . It is not true to say either that religion is always an escape mechanism , or that it never is . Foxhole and ocean - raft conversions ; young ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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