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... nature through science . To know himself , that is , “ the operation of human force , of human freedom and activity , ” he should study the humanities . Both are important , but human- centered knowledge should predominate , for it is ...
... nature through science . To know himself , that is , “ the operation of human force , of human freedom and activity , ” he should study the humanities . Both are important , but human- centered knowledge should predominate , for it is ...
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... nature . If the mind creates in ways that are neither bound by nor referable to the de- mands of an external environment - if ideas have a life of their own— then human nature bursts and transcends the patterns of the natural world ...
... nature . If the mind creates in ways that are neither bound by nor referable to the de- mands of an external environment - if ideas have a life of their own— then human nature bursts and transcends the patterns of the natural world ...
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... nature - study clubs formed to encourage amateur naturalists . At least fifty - two periodicals devoted to wild life began publication.15 In fact , the flood of nature writing , based on intimate knowledge and vivid observation ...
... nature - study clubs formed to encourage amateur naturalists . At least fifty - two periodicals devoted to wild life began publication.15 In fact , the flood of nature writing , based on intimate knowledge and vivid observation ...
Contents
THE SCHISM IN AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP | 3 |
Intellectual HISTORY AND ITS NEIGHBORS | 27 |
THE STUDY OF AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY | 41 |
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