Keeping the Tablets: Modern American Conservative ThoughtWilliam F. Buckley (Jr.), Charles R. Kesler |
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Page 169
... rules , but of firmly established habits and traditions . The general observ- ance of these conventions is a necessary condition of the orderliness of the world in which we live , of our being able to find our way in it , though we do ...
... rules , but of firmly established habits and traditions . The general observ- ance of these conventions is a necessary condition of the orderliness of the world in which we live , of our being able to find our way in it , though we do ...
Page 171
... rules of conduct . Next to language , they are perhaps the most important instance of an undesigned growth , of a set of rules which govern our lives but of which we can say neither why they are what they are nor what they do to us . We ...
... rules of conduct . Next to language , they are perhaps the most important instance of an undesigned growth , of a set of rules which govern our lives but of which we can say neither why they are what they are nor what they do to us . We ...
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... rules of law and morals . The rationalist argument here overlooks the point that , quite gener- ally , the reliance on abstract rules is a device we have learned to use because our reason is insufficient to master the full detail of ...
... rules of law and morals . The rationalist argument here overlooks the point that , quite gener- ally , the reliance on abstract rules is a device we have learned to use because our reason is insufficient to master the full detail of ...
Contents
Preface by William F Buckley Jr | 1 |
You Ever See a Dream Walking? by William | 19 |
The Quest for a Tradition | 37 |
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