practicalism
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Now the principle of practicalism says that that very meaning of the conception of God lies in the differences which must be made in experience if the conception be true.
From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Delton Loring Geyer
We must have the church and state in order that we may have their souls, idealism and practicalism.
From Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View by William Montgomery Brown
A sordid practicalism has made itself felt, due to a feverish desire to play an important rôle in the detail of current politics.
From German Culture Past and Present by Ernest Belfort Bax
Political practicalism is a social soul of which the state should be the embodiment.
From Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View by William Montgomery Brown
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