The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 14Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller G.P. Putnam's sons, 1916 - English literature |
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... became a mystic ; but he kept an open mind , and he saw elements of truth in ideas in which the stricter utilitarians could see nothing at all . He had no doubts at the outset of his career . On reading Bentham ( this was when he was ...
... became a mystic ; but he kept an open mind , and he saw elements of truth in ideas in which the stricter utilitarians could see nothing at all . He had no doubts at the outset of his career . On reading Bentham ( this was when he was ...
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... became acquainted with , and derived stimulus and assistance from , the first two volumes of Comte's Cours de philosophie positive ( 1830 ) . These were the chief in- fluences upon his work , and their enumeration serves to bring out ...
... became acquainted with , and derived stimulus and assistance from , the first two volumes of Comte's Cours de philosophie positive ( 1830 ) . These were the chief in- fluences upon his work , and their enumeration serves to bring out ...
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... became the leading text - book of that psychological philosophy which had been adumbrated by Hume . It is a work which shows Mill's powers at their most mature stage . He criticises with severity the theory which he sets out to examine ...
... became the leading text - book of that psychological philosophy which had been adumbrated by Hume . It is a work which shows Mill's powers at their most mature stage . He criticises with severity the theory which he sets out to examine ...
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... became university text - books . This holds of politics , economics , ethics , psychology and logic . A striking reaction against his influence is shown in the work of William Stanley Jevons , professor at Manchester and afterwards in ...
... became university text - books . This holds of politics , economics , ethics , psychology and logic . A striking reaction against his influence is shown in the work of William Stanley Jevons , professor at Manchester and afterwards in ...
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... became more and more critical of the foundations of Mill's empirical philosophy , which he attacked unsparingly in discussions contributed to Mind . George Grote , the historian of Greece , an older contemporary and early associate of ...
... became more and more critical of the foundations of Mill's empirical philosophy , which he attacked unsparingly in discussions contributed to Mind . George Grote , the historian of Greece , an older contemporary and early associate of ...
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