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... purely utilitarian and material- istic activity , they have no compunction in discredit- ing scientific advances and exposing their futility . They will glibly say : " What is the good of being able to move twenty times faster than ...
... purely utilitarian and material- istic activity , they have no compunction in discredit- ing scientific advances and exposing their futility . They will glibly say : " What is the good of being able to move twenty times faster than ...
Page 37
... purely spiritual ones , the feeling of having done well , and above all the pure contemplation of truth . This had been clearly seen by the Greeks , witness this beautiful fragment of Euripides : " Blessed is he who has attained ...
... purely spiritual ones , the feeling of having done well , and above all the pure contemplation of truth . This had been clearly seen by the Greeks , witness this beautiful fragment of Euripides : " Blessed is he who has attained ...
Page 54
... purely physical way ; it gives a deeper meaning to his life and thought . Each time that we under- stand the world a little better , we are also able to ap- preciate more keenly our relationship to it . There are no natural sciences as ...
... purely physical way ; it gives a deeper meaning to his life and thought . Each time that we under- stand the world a little better , we are also able to ap- preciate more keenly our relationship to it . There are no natural sciences as ...
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