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A Grammar of Motives.
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In this article, the authors discuss ways of placing objects in a way that they can be placed according to the philosophy of the Philosophic Schools and the Dialectic of CONSTITUTIONS.Abstract:
Introduction Part One: Ways of Placement I. CONTAINER AND THING CONTAINED II. ANTINOMIES OF DEFINITION III. SCOPE AND REDUCTION Part Two: The Philosophic Schools I. SCENE II. AGENT IN GENERAL III. ACT IV. AGENCY AND PURPOSE Part Three: On Dialectic I. THE DIALECTIC OF CONSTITUTIONS II. DIALECTIC IN GENERAL Appendix Indexread more
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