Man's Place in the Cosmos: And Other EssaysW. Blackwood and sons, 1897 - 308 páginas |
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... universe ; and freedom ( in some sense of that ambiguous term ) must be held to be a postulate of true art no less than of morality . But besides being bad art , litera- ture of this sort has a subtly corrosive influence upon the ...
... universe ; and freedom ( in some sense of that ambiguous term ) must be held to be a postulate of true art no less than of morality . But besides being bad art , litera- ture of this sort has a subtly corrosive influence upon the ...
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... universe has to show ; and for a true understanding of the world it is far more vital to grasp the significance of this breach than to be misled by a cheap desire for unity and system into minimising , or even denying , the fact . It is ...
... universe has to show ; and for a true understanding of the world it is far more vital to grasp the significance of this breach than to be misled by a cheap desire for unity and system into minimising , or even denying , the fact . It is ...
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... universe as a whole or the nature of things ; and if so , it is obvious that human nature with its ethical characteristics is em- braced within the larger whole . The unity of the cosmos - in some sense - is not so much a conclusion to ...
... universe as a whole or the nature of things ; and if so , it is obvious that human nature with its ethical characteristics is em- braced within the larger whole . The unity of the cosmos - in some sense - is not so much a conclusion to ...
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... universe in mind or spirit , and its End in the perfecting of spiritual life . But each of these theories exhibits the unity of the world in its own way . The way taken by the ethical evolutionists is to naturalise morality , to ...
... universe in mind or spirit , and its End in the perfecting of spiritual life . But each of these theories exhibits the unity of the world in its own way . The way taken by the ethical evolutionists is to naturalise morality , to ...
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... universe . The true nature of the antecedents is only learned by reference to the consequents which follow ; or , as I put it before , the true nature of the cause only becomes apparent in the effect . All ultimate or philosophical ...
... universe . The true nature of the antecedents is only learned by reference to the consequents which follow ; or , as I put it before , the true nature of the cause only becomes apparent in the effect . All ultimate or philosophical ...
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Página 13 - But nature makes that mean : so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Página 6 - Let us understand, once for all, that the ethical progress of society depends, not on imitating the cosmic process, still less in running away from it, but in combating it.
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Página 6 - I have already urged, the practice of that which is ethically best — what we call goodness or virtue — involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless selfassertion it demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect, but shall help his fellows; its influence is directed, not so much to the survival...
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