The Common ProblemConstable, 1969 - 307 pages |
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Page 8
... reason and ex- periment . All that can be done is either to persuade them to make the vital leap from reason to faith , or to deter them by authoritarian sanctions from making their objections public . This is of course the same dilemma ...
... reason and ex- periment . All that can be done is either to persuade them to make the vital leap from reason to faith , or to deter them by authoritarian sanctions from making their objections public . This is of course the same dilemma ...
Page 51
... reason and experience to guide mankind along the path of progress towards perfection is even more devastating than a loss of faith in God . For the agnostic can still fall back on reason ; the disillusioned human- ist has little left ...
... reason and experience to guide mankind along the path of progress towards perfection is even more devastating than a loss of faith in God . For the agnostic can still fall back on reason ; the disillusioned human- ist has little left ...
Page 109
... reason , un- corrected by instinct , is as bad as instinct uncorrected by reason'.13 He might have added that even both together can be dangerous unless they are backed by a corpus of available relevant knowledge and the wisdom and ...
... reason , un- corrected by instinct , is as bad as instinct uncorrected by reason'.13 He might have added that even both together can be dangerous unless they are backed by a corpus of available relevant knowledge and the wisdom and ...
Contents
Illusion and Disillusion | 1 |
The Apotheosis of Society | 20 |
The Sterility of the General Will | 47 |
Copyright | |
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