POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and aff…

Ambrose Bierce
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POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.167, 谷月社
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POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.167, 谷月社

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