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... controversial questions such as politics , and choosing them from the hackneyed and trivial sources favored by the academic text - books . There are many advantages in adopting the latter course . Most important of all is the fact that ...
... controversial questions such as politics , and choosing them from the hackneyed and trivial sources favored by the academic text - books . There are many advantages in adopting the latter course . Most important of all is the fact that ...
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... controversial questions as those of politics , morals , and religion . This is one reason why such controversies cannot yet be settled . There is a well - known saying that the word " firm " can be declined as follows : I am firm , thou ...
... controversial questions as those of politics , morals , and religion . This is one reason why such controversies cannot yet be settled . There is a well - known saying that the word " firm " can be declined as follows : I am firm , thou ...
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... controversy , there would have been danger of switching interest on to the controversy and away from the form of the argument . It is not , however , in such trivial questions that elementary errors of logic escape notice . No one would ...
... controversy , there would have been danger of switching interest on to the controversy and away from the form of the argument . It is not , however , in such trivial questions that elementary errors of logic escape notice . No one would ...
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