The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 14Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller G.P. Putnam's sons, 1917 - English literature |
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... contributed to philosophy the conception of nature as a me- chanical system ; Darwin contributed the conception of evo- lution and , owing largely to his influence , biological ideas gained greater prominence than mathematical in ...
... contributed to philosophy the conception of nature as a me- chanical system ; Darwin contributed the conception of evo- lution and , owing largely to his influence , biological ideas gained greater prominence than mathematical in ...
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... contribution is given in The Science of Ethics ( 1882 ) . After Spencer's Data , this is the first book which worked out an ethical view determined by the theory of evolution . As such it is significant . The author had sat at the feet ...
... contribution is given in The Science of Ethics ( 1882 ) . After Spencer's Data , this is the first book which worked out an ethical view determined by the theory of evolution . As such it is significant . The author had sat at the feet ...
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... contribution to philosophy and the most accurate index of his philosophical attitude . In spite of his utilitarian sympathies , its starting- point and most fundamental ideas show the influence of a different type of thought . He starts ...
... contribution to philosophy and the most accurate index of his philosophical attitude . In spite of his utilitarian sympathies , its starting- point and most fundamental ideas show the influence of a different type of thought . He starts ...
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... contributed to its formation . Pragmatism is a more original doctrine ; but its seeds also lie in the past : it has been connected with the prevailingly practical tone of much English thought ; and more definite anticipations of its ...
... contributed to its formation . Pragmatism is a more original doctrine ; but its seeds also lie in the past : it has been connected with the prevailingly practical tone of much English thought ; and more definite anticipations of its ...
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... contributed to the change in public feeling which had made that act possible . Whether or not pope Leo XII , as Lingard believed , not long before the completion of his History , intended to acknowledge his services by raising him ...
... contributed to the change in public feeling which had made that act possible . Whether or not pope Leo XII , as Lingard believed , not long before the completion of his History , intended to acknowledge his services by raising him ...
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