H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 85
... common sensation and common experience , " Wells told the Oxford Philosophical Society in 1903 , “ and there is no more indisputable fact than man's freedom of will , unless it is his complete moral responsibility . But make only the ...
... common sensation and common experience , " Wells told the Oxford Philosophical Society in 1903 , “ and there is no more indisputable fact than man's freedom of will , unless it is his complete moral responsibility . But make only the ...
Page 172
... common man , the standard or substand- ard man , could also be found at any level in society , in any family , and it was just as clearly in the interests of progress that this great mass of unexceptional people should not be entrusted ...
... common man , the standard or substand- ard man , could also be found at any level in society , in any family , and it was just as clearly in the interests of progress that this great mass of unexceptional people should not be entrusted ...
Page 267
... common sense of the common 37. Cf. J. Salwyn Schapiro on Wells in a review of The Outline of History : " Toward the great problems of the world his imagination makes a magnificent stride ; but his intellect cannot keep pace with it ...
... common sense of the common 37. Cf. J. Salwyn Schapiro on Wells in a review of The Outline of History : " Toward the great problems of the world his imagination makes a magnificent stride ; but his intellect cannot keep pace with it ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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