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The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

... of this tale points out how the hero Ivan might have avoided the terrible consequences of a quarrel with his neighbor (which grew out of nothing) if ... ...moral to which we all might profitably give heed. He illustrates the awful consequences of intemperance, and concludes that only kind treatment can re... ... from the fact that my father and my mother did not deceive each other. In consequence of this, I had built from childhood a dream of high and poetica... ...pating debauchery, but in favoring it, by assuring the harmlessness of the consequences. Besides, it is not a question of that. It is a question of th... ...lt of activity. The object of activ- ity cannot consist in suppressing its consequences. The object of Man, as of Humanity, is happiness, and, to atta... ...r than marriage, evidently the human race will come to an end. But, if the logical conclusion of the argument is that the human race will become extin...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Two

By: Edgar Allan Poe

... reason which is cultivated in any especial form other than the abstractly logical. I dispute, in particular, the reason educed by math- ematical stud... ...g the stigma, it covers it with pollen sufficient for its impregnation, in consequence of which the flower soon begins to droop, and the hairs to shri... ...ve forgotten the explanation—how what I observed was, in fact, the natural consequence of the forms of the float- ing fragments—and showed me how it h... ...ounted to conviction. With it my reason had nothing to do. All attempts at logical inquiry resulted, indeed, in leaving me more sceptical than before.... ...aced in my hands. I read it with profound attention. Throughout I found it logical, but the portions which were not merely logical were unhappily the ... ...sity — the last in especial, from the immensely important character of its consequences. In looking around me for some subject by whose means I might ... ...skers, in violent contrast to the black- ness of his hair — the latter, in consequence, being very gen- erally mistaken for a wig. His temperament was... ...will reduce my phantasm to the common-place—some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than my own, which will perceive, in the ci... ..., all metaphysicianism have been con- cocted a priori. The intellectual or logical man, rather than the understanding or observant man, set himself to...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Three

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...he wound in my neck, although of an ugly appearance, proved of little real consequence, and I soon recovered from its effects. The Penguin got into po... ...g the crew, and both our lives would most probably have been sacrificed in consequence. Having concluded to write, the difficulty was now to pro- cure... ... confirmed. The brig was rolling violently, and there was so much noise in consequence, that it was useless to listen for any weak sound, such as thos... ...d of screwing 50 Poe in Five V olumes has resulted in the most lamentable consequences, arising from a cause altogether distinct from the danger atte... ...n every fifteen or twenty minutes upon an average, yet without any serious consequences resulting, provided there be a proper stowage. If this, how- e... ...bit of quoting, with a very droll pro- nunciation, as the ne plus ultra of logical wit. Thus my own inkling for the Muses had excited his entire displ...

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The Federalist Papers

By: Alexander Hamilton

...t all changes which may hazard a diminu- tion of the power, emolument, and consequence of the of- fices they hold under the State establishments; and ... ...f my next address. Publius. *The same idea, tracing the arguments to their consequences, is held out in several of the late publications against the n... ... reflect that they are now called upon to decide a question, which, in its consequences, must prove one of the most important that ever engaged their ... ...the dictates of personal interest, but others, from a mistaken estimate of consequences, or the undue influence of former attachments, or whose am- bi... ...t to expect that they should regard our advancement in union, in power and consequence by land and by sea, with an eye of indifference and composure. ... ...of the States will be a majority of confederated America. But this kind of logical legerdemain will never counteract the plain suggestions of justice ...

...you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently remarked...

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The Analysis of Mind

By: Bertrand Russell

...ial. Their world consists of “events,” from which “matter” is derived by a logical construction. Whoever reads, for example, Professor Eddington’s “Sp... ...what Meinong calls the act in thinking is not empirically discoverable, or logically de- ducible from what we can observe. The next point of criticism... ...ain es- sential relation to the past event which it remembers. There is no logical objection to this theory, but there is the objection, which we spok... ...f the hysteric or lunatic can be made to face the facts about himself. The consequence of this is that the treatment of many forms of insanity has gro... ...m conscious- ness), hence we try to explain censorship along ordinary bio- logical lines. We believe that one group of habits can ‘down’ another group... ... acting with- out foresight in a manner which is usually advantageous bio- logically. It is partly for this reason that it is so important to understa... ... out, very truly, that the same stimulus, repeated, does not have the same consequences, and he argues that this is contrary to the maxim, “same cause... ... single observer. It changed after the publication of his “Psychology,” in consequence of his abandoning the dualism of thought and things. Dunlap sum... ...ittle help: it is necessary to construct hypotheses and test them by their consequences, just as we do in physical science. Introspection, therefore, ...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...ce—acknowledged even by the enemy—with which the Russians fought, the only consequence of these actions was a yet more rapid retreat. Austrian troops ... ...soldiers have to be incited to battle by highfalutin words, and Germans by logical ar- guments to show them that it is more dangerous to run away than... ...here was no answer to any of these questions, ex- cept one, and that not a logical answer and not at all a reply to them. The answer was: “Y ou’ll die... ... his success and at the inability of others to understand these things. In consequence of this discov- ery his whole manner of life, all his relations... ...e field marshal is angry with the Emperor and he punishes us all, isn’t it logical? “This is the first act. Those that follow are naturally increasing... ...reasons for 238 War & Peace this decision. A whole serics of sensible and logical con- siderations showing it to be essential for him to go to Peters... ...e did not even remember how formerly , on the strength of similar wretched logical arguments, it had seemed obvious that he would be de- grading himse... ...he was not thinking about her, but only pictur- ing her to himself, and in consequence all life appeared in a new light. “Why do I strive, why do I to... ...s incapable of considering how his actions might affect others or what the consequences of this or that action of his might be. He was convinced that,...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...d all sorts of reasons for this deci- sion. A whole serics of sensible and logical considerations showing it to be essential for him to go to Petersbu... ...He did not even remember how formerly, on the strength of similar wretched logical arguments, it had seemed obvious that he would be degrading himself... ...t such moments he was particularly cold, stern, and above all unpleasantly logical. “My dear,” Princess Mary entering at such a moment would say, “lit... ...ed his weak, human, unheroic sides; but as it was, Speranski’s strange and logical turn of mind inspired him with respect all the more because he did ... ... of a satirist, and laugh ironically at his op- ponents; now grow severely logical, or suddenly rise to the realm of metaphysics. (This last resource ... ...; he was not thinking about her, but only picturing her to himself, and in consequence all life ap- peared in a new light. “Why do I strive, why do I ...

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The Noble Qur'An

By: Rev. J. M. Rodwell

...s not been ad- hered to with strictness. Anything approaching to a chrono- logical arrangement was entirely lost sight of. Late Medina Suras are often... ..., p. 60, lii. 29, p. 64)–the first emigration to Abyssinia in A.D. 616, in consequence of the Meccan perse- cutions brought on by his now open attacks... ...ttin, fol. 57, where we read of the sufferings drawn down upon the Jews in consequence of the former of these crimes. 8 That is, if ye return to sin,... ...On that day thou shalt see the impious alarmed at their own works, and the consequence thereof shall fall upon them: but they who believe and do the t... ...anation. I have adopted that given by Freytag in v. That the calf lowed in consequence of Sama‰l having entered into it, is one of the traditions of t... ... Houd. 8 That is, Sandhills; at Taief, to which Muhammad had re- tired in consequence of the opposition, etc., of the Meccans. Verses 20-31 are proba...

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A Theologico-Political Treatise Part 1 Chapters I to V Baruch Spinoza a Theologico-Political Treatise Part 1 Chapters I to V

By: R. H. M. Elwes

... the evils which generally follow therefrom, in ad- dition to such further consequences as might accrue to the Jews in particular from the ruin of the... ... intellectual axioms – that is, by the mere power of the understanding and logical order, and this is especially the case in spiritual matters which h... ...rather than deduce their conclusion from a few axioms, and set them out in logical order. (69) Whence it follows, that if anyone wishes to teach a doc... ...eople, who form the majority of mankind, and he will not set them forth in logical sequence nor adduce the definitions which serve to establish them. ...

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Proposed Roads to Freedom

By: Bertrand Russell

...development of an Idea. He conceived the changes in the world as forming a logical development, in which one phase passes by revolution into another, ... ...n. If anywhere they unite to form more compact bodies, this is not yet the consequence of their own active union, but of the union of the bourgeoisie,... ...ations, intermediate ranks between rich and poor, instead of the clear-cut logical antith- esis between the workers who have nothing and the capital- ... ... a word, war and conquest, with the gods successively created by the theo- logical fantasy of nations. It has been from its origin, and it remains sti... ... the State as a capitalist institu- tion is peculiarly true in America. In consequence of the scan- dals thus arising, the Federal Government appointe... ...ernment are evils which must be abolished if freedom is our goal. But this consequence, true or false, cannot be proved so simply. In this chapter we ...

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Thus Spake Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

...nd powerful, in fact all the qualities resulting from strength, and that, in consequence, all forces which tend to promote or elevate life have been s... ...spirit of gravity, and all that it created: con- straint, law, necessity and consequence and purpose and will and good and evil:— For must there not b... ...rom their flock, and his lectures at the University of Bale were deserted in consequence; but it was not until 1879, when he finally severed all conne... ...ising soci- ety to a higher level and preached the profoundest Opti- mism in consequence. Chapter XLII. Redemption ZARATHUSTRA HERE ADDRESSES cripples... ...crifice something to us—His only begotten Son. Such a process carried to its logical conclusions must ultimately end in His own destruction, and thus ...

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