Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American ReformKnopf, 1952 - 503 pages |
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Page 121
... living and thinking under the dictates of a philosophy that had everything finished and executed , impervious to chance or choice , brought him close to a nervous collapse . For William James , pragmatism was , first and foremost , a ...
... living and thinking under the dictates of a philosophy that had everything finished and executed , impervious to chance or choice , brought him close to a nervous collapse . For William James , pragmatism was , first and foremost , a ...
Page 148
... living , infused with moral aspira- tion , would regenerate mankind . Comte's " Positivism " was half philosophy and half religion , and the Crolys gave it their emotions as well as their minds . Brushing aside the standard creeds as ...
... living , infused with moral aspira- tion , would regenerate mankind . Comte's " Positivism " was half philosophy and half religion , and the Crolys gave it their emotions as well as their minds . Brushing aside the standard creeds as ...
Page 242
... living , " Lippmann wrote , " in the midst of that vast dissolution of ancient habits which the eman- cipators believed would restore our birthright of happi- ness . We know now that they did not see very clearly beyond the evils ...
... living , " Lippmann wrote , " in the midst of that vast dissolution of ancient habits which the eman- cipators believed would restore our birthright of happi- ness . We know now that they did not see very clearly beyond the evils ...
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Thrust from the | 9 |
From the Bottom Up | 24 |
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