The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and miscellaniesAMS Press, 1979 |
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... principle being discovered by which a machine can be made to play a game of chess , an extension of the same principle would enable it to win a game - a farther extension would enable it to win all games- that is , to beat any possible ...
... principle being discovered by which a machine can be made to play a game of chess , an extension of the same principle would enable it to win a game - a farther extension would enable it to win all games- that is , to beat any possible ...
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... principle : -the " Variety " is but the principle's natural safeguard from self - destruc- tion by excess of self . " Uniformity , ' besides , is the very worst word that could have been chosen for the expression of the general idea at ...
... principle : -the " Variety " is but the principle's natural safeguard from self - destruc- tion by excess of self . " Uniformity , ' besides , is the very worst word that could have been chosen for the expression of the general idea at ...
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... Principle . It has been my purpose to suggest that , while this Principle itself is , strictly and simply , the Human Aspiration for Supernal Beauty , the manifestation of the Principle is always found in an elevating excitement of the ...
... Principle . It has been my purpose to suggest that , while this Principle itself is , strictly and simply , the Human Aspiration for Supernal Beauty , the manifestation of the Principle is always found in an elevating excitement of the ...
Contents
Maelzels ChessPlayer | 6 |
Preface and Introduction to the Conchologists | 95 |
The Philosophy of Furniture | 101 |
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