The Condition of ManHarcourt, Brace & World, 1944 - 467 pages |
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Page 66
... philosophy , plus magic ; but the Greek mind set itself to the tricky task of reconciling magic with philosophy , and mystery with logic : explaining how God , who was Unity , might be three persons , each co - existent , co - eternal ...
... philosophy , plus magic ; but the Greek mind set itself to the tricky task of reconciling magic with philosophy , and mystery with logic : explaining how God , who was Unity , might be three persons , each co - existent , co - eternal ...
Page 128
... philosophy was closely tied to cathedral - building ; but it pre- sented a direct contrast and sought to formulate a different kind of order : it was an attempt to find a comprehensive resolution of the intellectual conflicts of its day ...
... philosophy was closely tied to cathedral - building ; but it pre- sented a direct contrast and sought to formulate a different kind of order : it was an attempt to find a comprehensive resolution of the intellectual conflicts of its day ...
Page 129
Lewis Mumford. ophers , Avicenna and Averroës , from the broken stonepile of Greek philosophy , above all , from the dilapidated Alexandrian museum whose ground plan had been laid out by Aristotle . But in this new philosophy , it was ...
Lewis Mumford. ophers , Avicenna and Averroës , from the broken stonepile of Greek philosophy , above all , from the dilapidated Alexandrian museum whose ground plan had been laid out by Aristotle . But in this new philosophy , it was ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
PRELUDE TO AN ERA | 17 |
THE PRIMACY OF THE PERSON | 52 |
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