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VOLUME I

PHILOSOPHY

BASED ON THE DOCTRINE OF
EVOLUTION, WITH CRITICISMS
ON THE POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY

BY

JOHN FISKE

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOSIAH ROYCE

L'univers, pour qui saurait l'embrasser d'un seul point de vue, ne serait, s'il est
permis de le dire, qu'un fait unique et une grande vérité. -D'ALEmbert
Καὶ τὸ ὅλον τοῦτο διὰ ταῦτα Κόσμον καλοῦσιν, οὐκ ἀκοσμίαν. —
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