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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... character . This work was 1 Ferrier , J. F. , Scottish Philosophy : the old and the new ( 1856 ) , pp . 15 , 16 . 2 Stirling , J. H. , Sir W. Hamilton : being the Philosophy of Perception ( 1865 ) , p . vii . published in 1846 ; but the ...
... character . This work was 1 Ferrier , J. F. , Scottish Philosophy : the old and the new ( 1856 ) , pp . 15 , 16 . 2 Stirling , J. H. , Sir W. Hamilton : being the Philosophy of Perception ( 1865 ) , p . vii . published in 1846 ; but the ...
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... character . Happiness was still to be the end of life , but it should not be taken as its direct end ; ' ask yourself whether you are happy , and you cease to be so . The only chance is to treat , not happiness , but some end external ...
... character . Happiness was still to be the end of life , but it should not be taken as its direct end ; ' ask yourself whether you are happy , and you cease to be so . The only chance is to treat , not happiness , but some end external ...
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... character , it 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 ...
... character , it 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 ...
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... character and work . Spencer's idea of philosophy is a system of completely coordinated knowledge - the sciences consisting of knowledge partially coordinated . In this sense his system is synthetic . It is a scheme in which everything ...
... character and work . Spencer's idea of philosophy is a system of completely coordinated knowledge - the sciences consisting of knowledge partially coordinated . In this sense his system is synthetic . It is a scheme in which everything ...
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... character of original interpretations ; they approach the subject from different points of view and show a rare power of selecting essential factors . Wallace had wide intellectual sympathies and found matter of agreement with ...
... character of original interpretations ; they approach the subject from different points of view and show a rare power of selecting essential factors . Wallace had wide intellectual sympathies and found matter of agreement with ...
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