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Quotes from The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-century Philosophers — Carl L. Becker

1873–1945 United States

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We look about in vain for any semblance of the old authority, the old absolute, for any suitable foothold from which to get a running start.

The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-century Philosophers (1932)

Great as our differences are, all of us—professors, politicians, preachers—would no doubt find that we had much in common after all if it were possible to meet in the flesh some distinguished representatives from a former age.

The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-century Philosophers (1932)

Professor Whitehead has recently restored a seventeenth century phrase—"climate of opinion." The phrase is much needed. Whether arguments command assent or not depends less upon the logic that conveys them than upon the climate of opinion in which they are sustained.

The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-century Philosophers (1932)

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