Excerpt from First Steps in Philosophy: Physical and Ethical Philosophy, whatever else it may mean, in volves the clarification of our fundamental con ceptions. We naturally aspire to a complete view of the world, a theory of the universe. But we have first to clear up our minds as to certain elementary notions. We are using almost every day such terms, for instance, as matter and duty - what do we mean by them? Can the thoughts we chance to have about them stand the test of analysis and criticism? Are they clear and self ...
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Excerpt from First Steps in Philosophy: Physical and Ethical Philosophy, whatever else it may mean, in volves the clarification of our fundamental con ceptions. We naturally aspire to a complete view of the world, a theory of the universe. But we have first to clear up our minds as to certain elementary notions. We are using almost every day such terms, for instance, as matter and duty - what do we mean by them? Can the thoughts we chance to have about them stand the test of analysis and criticism? Are they clear and self consistent? We cannot successfully build a house till we have tested the soundness and strength of our materials. As little can we construct a philosophical system, till we have tested the ele mentary ideas that are to enter into it and help constitute it. It is idle to try to develop a the istic, monistic, materialistic or any other theory of the universe, till we have searchingly asked ourselves these preliminary questions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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