The Common ProblemConstable, 1969 - 307 pages |
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Page 8
... rational doubt nor the rational demonstration of the improbability of what is believed , but the discrediting of the external authority which has hitherto ' guaranteed ' the faith . Then the validity of 8 THE COMMON PROBLEM.
... rational doubt nor the rational demonstration of the improbability of what is believed , but the discrediting of the external authority which has hitherto ' guaranteed ' the faith . Then the validity of 8 THE COMMON PROBLEM.
Page 98
... rational being , capable of making and acting upon rational decisions . If we accept this , we may be able to get somewhere ; if we do not , then there is little point in anything and no point at all in politics . It is im- possible ...
... rational being , capable of making and acting upon rational decisions . If we accept this , we may be able to get somewhere ; if we do not , then there is little point in anything and no point at all in politics . It is im- possible ...
Page 99
... rational being he is also a moral one . Let us accept the reasonable proposition that men and women are capable of making moral choices on grounds that are at least partly rational , and neither wholly emotional nor wholly conditioned ...
... rational being he is also a moral one . Let us accept the reasonable proposition that men and women are capable of making moral choices on grounds that are at least partly rational , and neither wholly emotional nor wholly conditioned ...
Contents
Illusion and Disillusion | 1 |
The Apotheosis of Society | 20 |
The Sterility of the General Will | 47 |
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