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Men were called heretics for believing that words such as justice or truth
expressed only conceptions of our mind , not real things walking about in broad
daylight . In modern times the science of language has been called in to settle
some of ...
Men were called heretics for believing that words such as justice or truth
expressed only conceptions of our mind , not real things walking about in broad
daylight . In modern times the science of language has been called in to settle
some of ...
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... of the true nobility of our blood , of our descent from heaven or earth , though
unconnected with anything that is commonly called practical , have still retained a
charm of their own — a charm that will never lose its power on the mind , and on
...
... of the true nobility of our blood , of our descent from heaven or earth , though
unconnected with anything that is commonly called practical , have still retained a
charm of their own — a charm that will never lose its power on the mind , and on
...
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An empirical acquaintance with facts rises to a scientific knowledge of facts as
soon as the mind 1 discovers beneath the multiplicity of single productions the
unity of an organic system . This discovery is made by means of comparison and
...
An empirical acquaintance with facts rises to a scientific knowledge of facts as
soon as the mind 1 discovers beneath the multiplicity of single productions the
unity of an organic system . This discovery is made by means of comparison and
...
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If the mind of man is once impressed with the conviction that there must be order
and law everywhere , it never rests again until all that seems irregular has been
eliminated , until the full beauty and harmony of nature has been perceived , and
...
If the mind of man is once impressed with the conviction that there must be order
and law everywhere , it never rests again until all that seems irregular has been
eliminated , until the full beauty and harmony of nature has been perceived , and
...
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These laws indicate to us the presence of a purpose in the mind of the Creator ;
and whereas the material world was looked upon by ancient philosophers as a
mere illusion , as an agglomerate of atoms , or as the work of an evil principle ,
we ...
These laws indicate to us the presence of a purpose in the mind of the Creator ;
and whereas the material world was looked upon by ancient philosophers as a
mere illusion , as an agglomerate of atoms , or as the work of an evil principle ,
we ...
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Volume 1 Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Friedrich Max Müller |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
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