The Journal of Philosophy, 1904, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
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Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 738 |
Release | : 2018-01-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 0483526207 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780483526204 |
Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Journal of Philosophy, 1904, Vol. 1 Of course, no one dreams that the great synthetic apperception, for which our. Modern time seems ripe, will come through the delivery of 500 addresses, the discussions of 200 audiences, or the printing of papers by hundreds of authors. An ultimate unity demands the gigantic thought of a single genius, and the work of the many can after all be merely the preparation for the final work of the one. And yet history shows that the one will never come if the many have not done their share. That which is needed is to fill the sciences of our. Time with a growing consciousness of belonging together, with a longing for fundamental principles, with a conviction that the desire for correlation is not the fancy of dreamers, but the immediate need of the leaders in thought. What can the congress do to help in this preparatory work, and what has it done? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.