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Practical Quotes by Samuel Alexander
- Thus the same object may supply a practical perception to one person and a speculative one to another, or the same person may perceive it…
- It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name.
- Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
- When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is in fact not…
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