Critical Essays on a Few Subjects Connected with the History and Present Condition of Speculative PhilosophyH.B. Williams, 1842 - 352 This book contains a collection of critical essays on a few subjects connected with the history and present condition of speculative philosophy, including an essay on the transcendentalist movement in America. |
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... practical tendencies of the age . Indeed , such wild specula- tions may be attributed , in part , to a reaction against the narrow and selfish views , which are too common among the class of practical men . Mr. Owen con- trives one ...
... practical tendencies of the age . Indeed , such wild specula- tions may be attributed , in part , to a reaction against the narrow and selfish views , which are too common among the class of practical men . Mr. Owen con- trives one ...
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... practical life ? And what is philosophy , but common sense employ- ed in abstract investigations ? Genius consists in the bent of the faculties towards a particular pursuit , and may as frequently be displayed in the conduct of ordinary ...
... practical life ? And what is philosophy , but common sense employ- ed in abstract investigations ? Genius consists in the bent of the faculties towards a particular pursuit , and may as frequently be displayed in the conduct of ordinary ...
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... practical purposes , might not philosophical discussions among us as well be carried on at once in the Greek , Latin , or German languages , as in a sort of bastard English , enriched by words drawn entirely from foreign sources ? The ...
... practical purposes , might not philosophical discussions among us as well be carried on at once in the Greek , Latin , or German languages , as in a sort of bastard English , enriched by words drawn entirely from foreign sources ? The ...
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... practical tendency of any doctrine , as evidence for or against its soundness . Men are inconsistent beings . Their actions are controlled by innumerable causes distinct from the direct influence of their speculative no- tions . But the ...
... practical tendency of any doctrine , as evidence for or against its soundness . Men are inconsistent beings . Their actions are controlled by innumerable causes distinct from the direct influence of their speculative no- tions . But the ...
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... practical men , and , by their innovations in language , they are breaking down the only bridge that spans the chasm . Let them succeed in this end , and they perish by isolation . The insufferable arrogance of the new school , and ...
... practical men , and , by their innovations in language , they are breaking down the only bridge that spans the chasm . Let them succeed in this end , and they perish by isolation . The insufferable arrogance of the new school , and ...
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