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Distinction and the Criticism of Beliefs
By Alfred Sidgwick, an “unjustly neglected thinker.” (Jacques Barzun)
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In So Great a Hurry
New at IWP Books: Alfred Sidgwick, 1892, Distinction and the Criticism of Beliefs. In Distinction and the Criticism of Beliefs, Sidgwick is concerned with establishing that “the validity of any distinction is relative to the purpose for which it is used at the time, or that…Read the post →
The Thing Needed
New at IWP Books: F. H. Hayward, 1917, Professionalism and Originality. “The Press, as an organ of criticism, can boycott, if it choose, any subjects…
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From Jacques Barzun's, 1964, Science: The Glorious Entertainment. “Specialism is born of what the philosopher Arthur Balfour called ‘the pernicious doctrine that superficial knowledge is…
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