Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Although Socrates was the father of many philosophies he had no system of his own. He taught the philosophy of philosophy. Taking for his motto the words "Know Thyself," he relentlessly showed up the ignorance of man, believing that it was the greatest obstacle to human knowledge. He said that the only real good was knowledge; the only real evil, ignorance. He taught the foundations of the modern system of reasoning by induction and deduction...
...leading feature in the Crawford Shoe-it fits the average human foot as good as a shoe made to order...
...perhaps, the best exponent of the French philosophical movement which started in 1870. The three great characteristics of this school are: a strong love of life combined with a coolness of observing our surroundings; clearness combined with an idea of the unity of things; and a cautious sense of human fallibility in philosophic speculation combined with the willingness to run the risk of blundering. The one great feature of Guyau's speculation is his fearlessness. He does not immediately fear that he may be wrong but he "lets himself go" until he has reached his conclusion...
...leading feature in the Crawford Shoe-it fits the average human foot as good as a shoe made to order...
...leading feature in the Crawford Shoe-it fits the average human foot as good as a shoe made to order...