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The Life of John Sterling

By: Thomas Carlyle

...atively got itself sanctioned and prescribed there. Such, in full sight of Continental and other Univer- sities, is Huber’s opinion. Alas, the questio... ... it is of the doctrine of the Greek Fathers, of the Mystics and of Ethical Philosophers, consists,—if I may hint a fault in one whose holiness, meekne...

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The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey

...lyly, humbly but cunningly—to those whom he professed to regard as greater philosophers than himself. All parties found their account in the affair. P... ...he gates of cities, under the title of ‘swine,’ but caressed their infidel philosophers. Now, in this category of Jew and infidel, stood the author of... ... kind of tyranny which Cromwell exercised, the misconception is ludicrous: continental writ- ers have a notion, well justified by the language of Engl... ... East and West, and all annuity offices, that stand opposed in interest to philosophers! In 1814, however, to my great regret, I did not see him; for ...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...sider only organisms with extremities and the ability to feel pain? Historically, philosophers like Kant (and Descartes, Malebranche, and Aquinas)... ... structurally and functionally. The equivalent in the brain is sometimes called by philosophers and psychologists "a-priori categories", or "the co... ...e Moreover, in life, the human body and form are considered by most religions (and philosophers) to be the abode of the soul, the divine spark that... ...of upbringing and conditioning rather than anything innate. Causes, External Some philosophers say that our life is meaningless because it has a p... ...t also encompass the likes of an increasingly-Muslim Turkey? Is it a geographical (continental) entity or a cultural one? Is enlargement a time bom... .... Nor are the "left" and "right" ideologically monolithic and socially homogeneous continental movements. The central European left is more preoccu... ...ts of the Big Powers, establish their borders of expansion in Europe, and create a continental "balance of deterrence". For a few decades it proved... ...on" separate from the EU. It is all still the same tiresome and antiquated game of continental Big Powers. Even Britain maintains its Victorian pos... ...ent intercourse between its constituents - the Anglo- Saxons (USA and UK) versus the Continentals ("Old Europe" led by France and Germany) - revealed...

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Theological Essays and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...eems to me, the deepest of errors. Great theologians are they, and eminent philosophers, who have presumed that (as a matter of course) all religions,... ...has been committed on this subject, not by scholars only, but by religious philosophers. The relation of Christian ethics (which word ethics, how- eve... ...sule Romam!’ and he mentioned the fact at all only for the sake of Natural Philosophers or of the curious in old women. Char- ity, even in that sense,... ...y to century, from the simplicity of shepherds to the utmost refinement of philosophers, carries with it a neces- sity, corresponding to such infinite... ... the case, none of which, in the common vernacu- lar versions (English and Continental), is at all intelligible. The elements in the case are three: t... ...m Great Britain, its annual bal- ance-sheet, by comparison with those from continental Eu- rope, would show a large excess. At the time of hearing thi... ... social philosophy, during many centuries, drew no especial attention from philosophers. It passed for a tru- ism, bearing no particular emphasis or m...

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The Varieties of Religious Experience

By: William James

...as of light, the varying aspects of [36] “I know not to what physical laws philosophers will some day refer the feelings of melancholy. For myself, I ... ...ectures has been defended by some of your very ablest Scottish reli- gious philosophers.[52] [52] The Cairds, for example. In Edward Caird’s Glasgow L... ...ciple of reconciliation.” The Evolution of Religion, ii. pp. 146, 147. But philosophers usually profess to give a quasi- logical explanation of the ex... ... systems are ever to fuse integrally into one absolute conception, as most philosophers assume that they must, and how, if so, that conception may bes... ...r out of place. I ask you now not to forget this notion; for although most philosophers seem ei- ther to forget it or to disdain it too much ever to m... ...t digression. What God hath joined together, let no man put asun- der. The Continental schools of philosophy have too often overlooked the fact that m...

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