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Human Action: A Treatise on Economics Part 1

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The Limitations of Praceological Concepts

The praceological categories and concepts are devised for the comprehension of human action. They become self contradictory and nonsensical if one tries to apply them in dealing with conditions different from those of human life. The naive anthropomorphism of primitive religions is n palatable to the philosophic mind. Our omnipotence and omniscience compatible. For an almighty being, the categories of ends and means do not exist. He is above all man comprehension, concept and understanding. It is beyond the faculties of the human mind to think the concept of almightiness consistently to its logical consequences. If he has this power, then there are limits to his might, and he is no longer alm

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