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... sable . The possession of a map showing the many lines of thought which our age has cultivated seemed to me the first requisite , the basis from which a more complete unification would have to start . The following pages contain.
... sable . The possession of a map showing the many lines of thought which our age has cultivated seemed to me the first requisite , the basis from which a more complete unification would have to start . The following pages contain.
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... Lines of thought emanating from it , 321 ; Element of error , 323 ; Laplace and Newton , 326 ; Several interests which promote science , 326 ; Insufficiency of observation , 328 ; Practical interest , 328 ; Focalising effect of ...
... Lines of thought emanating from it , 321 ; Element of error , 323 ; Laplace and Newton , 326 ; Several interests which promote science , 326 ; Insufficiency of observation , 328 ; Practical interest , 328 ; Focalising effect of ...
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... living pic- ture an enormous mass of detail . Too rigid definitions , like lines which are too hard and marked , spoil the total effect . 9 . Many mean- Thought . 10 . Thought of age . In this sense of INTRODUCTION . 5.
... living pic- ture an enormous mass of detail . Too rigid definitions , like lines which are too hard and marked , spoil the total effect . 9 . Many mean- Thought . 10 . Thought of age . In this sense of INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... lines and sketches which I have to draw , never to lose sight of the unity of the whole . This unity , I maintain , the progress of our age has more and more forced upon It is itself a result of the work of the century . hundred years ...
... lines and sketches which I have to draw , never to lose sight of the unity of the whole . This unity , I maintain , the progress of our age has more and more forced upon It is itself a result of the work of the century . hundred years ...
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... lines which we see before us , with analogies of past ex- perience or creations of our imagination . And even if we do descend into the plains and continue the minuter and more laborious search , we cannot rid ourselves of cer- tain ...
... lines which we see before us , with analogies of past ex- perience or creations of our imagination . And even if we do descend into the plains and continue the minuter and more laborious search , we cannot rid ourselves of cer- tain ...
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