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... principles of Degeneration - Ethnological evidence as to rise and fall in culture , from comparison of different levels of culture in branches of the same race - Extent of historically recorded antiquity of civilization -Prehistoric ...
... principles of Degeneration - Ethnological evidence as to rise and fall in culture , from comparison of different levels of culture in branches of the same race - Extent of historically recorded antiquity of civilization -Prehistoric ...
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... principles , is a subject apt for the study of laws of human thought and action . On the one hand , the uniformity which so largely pervades civilization may be ascribed , in great measure , to the uniform action of uniform causes ...
... principles , is a subject apt for the study of laws of human thought and action . On the one hand , the uniformity which so largely pervades civilization may be ascribed , in great measure , to the uniform action of uniform causes ...
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... principle , commonly little employed , that nothing happens without its sufficient reason . ' Nor , again , in studying the structure and habits of plants and animals , or in investigating the lower functions even of man , are these ...
... principle , commonly little employed , that nothing happens without its sufficient reason . ' Nor , again , in studying the structure and habits of plants and animals , or in investigating the lower functions even of man , are these ...
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... principle , and who then complain that it annihilates man's free will , destroys his sense of per- sonal responsibility , and degrades him to a soulless machine . He who will say these things will nevertheless pass much of his own life ...
... principle , and who then complain that it annihilates man's free will , destroys his sense of per- sonal responsibility , and degrades him to a soulless machine . He who will say these things will nevertheless pass much of his own life ...
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... principles of human action , and by these to explain par- ticular events , stating expressly or taking tacitly for granted the existence of a philosophy of history . Should any one deny the possibility of thus establishing historical ...
... principles of human action , and by these to explain par- ticular events , stating expressly or taking tacitly for granted the existence of a philosophy of history . Should any one deny the possibility of thus establishing historical ...
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