Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essaysRobert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopædia Britannica, 1963 - 644 pages Complements Great Books of the Western World; includes only short works and excerpts from longer works. |
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Page 403
... Mephistopheles is not one of those philosophers who think change and evolution a good in themselves . He does not admit that his activity , while aiming at evil , contributes unintentionally to the good . It contributes to the good ...
... Mephistopheles is not one of those philosophers who think change and evolution a good in themselves . He does not admit that his activity , while aiming at evil , contributes unintentionally to the good . It contributes to the good ...
Page 404
... Mephistopheles should respect . Man's morality is one of the moralities , his conventions are not less absurd than the conventions of other monkeys . Mephistopheles has no prejudice against the snake ; he understands and he despises his ...
... Mephistopheles should respect . Man's morality is one of the moralities , his conventions are not less absurd than the conventions of other monkeys . Mephistopheles has no prejudice against the snake ; he understands and he despises his ...
Page 412
... Mephistopheles , by various arts of illusion , secures the triumph of the emperor in a desperate war which he is carrying on against a justifiable insurrection . As a reward for the aid rendered , Faust receives the shore marches in ...
... Mephistopheles , by various arts of illusion , secures the triumph of the emperor in a desperate war which he is carrying on against a justifiable insurrection . As a reward for the aid rendered , Faust receives the shore marches in ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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