The Modern Temper: A Study and a Confession"A study of the various tendencies in contemporary thought and a confession of the mood which submission to these tendencies has engendered.". |
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... universe to which he is completely alien . His world was once , like the child's world , three - quarters myth and poetry . His teleological concepts molded it into a form which he could appreciate and he gave to it moral laws which ...
... universe to which he is completely alien . His world was once , like the child's world , three - quarters myth and poetry . His teleological concepts molded it into a form which he could appreciate and he gave to it moral laws which ...
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... universe with which science deals is the real universe , yet we do not and cannot have any but fleeting and imperfect con- tacts with it ; that the most important part of our lives our sensations , emotions , desires , and aspira- tions ...
... universe with which science deals is the real universe , yet we do not and cannot have any but fleeting and imperfect con- tacts with it ; that the most important part of our lives our sensations , emotions , desires , and aspira- tions ...
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... universe which would have no meaning except for him and being so little below the angels that , if he believes in ... universe . His passions are important to him because he believes them important throughout all time and all space ; the ...
... universe which would have no meaning except for him and being so little below the angels that , if he believes in ... universe . His passions are important to him because he believes them important throughout all time and all space ; the ...
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