SwiftHarvester Press, 1986 - 153 pages |
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... reason , for ' Reason itself is true and just , but the Reason of every particular Man is weak and wavering , perpetually swayed and turned by his Interests , his Passions , and his Vices ' ( IX : 166 ) . The truth is with God and not ...
... reason , for ' Reason itself is true and just , but the Reason of every particular Man is weak and wavering , perpetually swayed and turned by his Interests , his Passions , and his Vices ' ( IX : 166 ) . The truth is with God and not ...
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... reason against the general Humour and Disposition of the World . ' The Arguer is only too aware that this would be ' a manifest Breach of the Fundamental Law , that makes this Majority of Opinion the Voice of God ' ( II : 26 ) . For ...
... reason against the general Humour and Disposition of the World . ' The Arguer is only too aware that this would be ' a manifest Breach of the Fundamental Law , that makes this Majority of Opinion the Voice of God ' ( II : 26 ) . For ...
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... Reason was typified by Michel Foucault ( in 1961 ) as a Ship of Fools , a voyage of discovery in a darkness external to Man . Gradually , reason establishes such dominance that it can confine madness within the mental hospital . The ...
... Reason was typified by Michel Foucault ( in 1961 ) as a Ship of Fools , a voyage of discovery in a darkness external to Man . Gradually , reason establishes such dominance that it can confine madness within the mental hospital . The ...
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