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... obvious and trivial example : If Jones towers well over six feet while Brown barely clears five , this difference will be crucial regarding the size of suit each should buy , but it will not affect the generalization that both men need ...
... obvious and trivial example : If Jones towers well over six feet while Brown barely clears five , this difference will be crucial regarding the size of suit each should buy , but it will not affect the generalization that both men need ...
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... Obviously we will not be able to reconcile the difference between the sacred and the secular world views . Equally obvious , we will not be able to align education as a whole with either side , not even in our wishes . These two in ...
... Obviously we will not be able to reconcile the difference between the sacred and the secular world views . Equally obvious , we will not be able to align education as a whole with either side , not even in our wishes . These two in ...
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... obvious . Keep what is worthy of capturing the mind and heart before spirits not yet dead and eventually it will cast its spell . Education here pro- ceeds almost entirely through what Whitehead calls " the habitual vision of greatness ...
... obvious . Keep what is worthy of capturing the mind and heart before spirits not yet dead and eventually it will cast its spell . Education here pro- ceeds almost entirely through what Whitehead calls " the habitual vision of greatness ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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