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THIS modest, but well-produced, book is another example of the good service provided by the King's Crown Press in making available sound learning at a reasonable cost without sacrificing anything essential. The author gives a most readable, and at the same time critical, account of Alexander's position, in particular his emphasis upon nisus (or urge) in all types of human activity. This comes out clearly in the chapter on the tertiary qualities (beauty, goodness, truth), and the connexion with levels of emergence is carefully explained.
The Naturalism of Samuel Alexander
By John W. McCarthy. Pp. ix + 111. (New York: King's Crown Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1948.) 14s. net.
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RAWLINS, F. The Naturalism of Samuel Alexander. Nature 164, 204 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164204d0
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