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Positivism is very good when it seeks an answer to the question of how something operates under given conditions; but when it makes the attempt to ge… - Petr Uspensky
" "Positivism is very good when it seeks an answer to the question of how something operates under given conditions; but when it makes the attempt to get outside of its definite conditions (space, time, causation), or presumes to affirm that nothing exists outside of these given conditions, then it is transcending its own proper sphere.
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About Petr Uspensky
Peter Dimianovich Ouspensky, also known as Piotr Dimianovich Ouspenskii (4 March 1878 – 2 October 1947) was a Russian mystic philosopher. He was a student and expositor of the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff.
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Pyotr Dem'yanovich Uspensky
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