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Page 62
... attri- butes do not mutually exclude each other as do parts , they always distinguish objects as wholes . The odor , flavor , weight , and form of the orange are interfused throughout , and occupy the same space ; while the peel , pulp ...
... attri- butes do not mutually exclude each other as do parts , they always distinguish objects as wholes . The odor , flavor , weight , and form of the orange are interfused throughout , and occupy the same space ; while the peel , pulp ...
Page 63
... attri- butes and its parts . These are what they are because of the object's purpose , or end which it fills . There- fore purpose is the most fundamental truth , the most pervasive fact , that can be given in the description of an ...
... attri- butes and its parts . These are what they are because of the object's purpose , or end which it fills . There- fore purpose is the most fundamental truth , the most pervasive fact , that can be given in the description of an ...
Page 66
... attri- butes , since the latter , to a certain extent , are causes to the former as effects . Chaucer , in the Prologue to the " Canterbury Tales , " introduces the spiritual quali- ties of each character by means of his physical attri ...
... attri- butes , since the latter , to a certain extent , are causes to the former as effects . Chaucer , in the Prologue to the " Canterbury Tales , " introduces the spiritual quali- ties of each character by means of his physical attri ...
Page 70
... attri- butes which inhere in the nature of the object . They determine it from within , while relations determine it from without . Properties are of two kinds , Primary and Secondary . 1. Primary qualities are essential to the ...
... attri- butes which inhere in the nature of the object . They determine it from within , while relations determine it from without . Properties are of two kinds , Primary and Secondary . 1. Primary qualities are essential to the ...
Page 76
... attri- bute apart from the object to which it belongs . Each part has the same distinguishing attributes as the whole , and must be presented as if it itself were a whole , with the further step of unifying the parts in the whole . The ...
... attri- bute apart from the object to which it belongs . Each part has the same distinguishing attributes as the whole , and must be presented as if it itself were a whole , with the further step of unifying the parts in the whole . The ...
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