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 242
... appear terrible , be daily before your eyes , but death chiefly ; and you will never entertain an abject thought , nor too eagerly covet anything . XXII If you have an earnest desire toward philosophy , prepare yourself from the very ...
... appear terrible , be daily before your eyes , but death chiefly ; and you will never entertain an abject thought , nor too eagerly covet anything . XXII If you have an earnest desire toward philosophy , prepare yourself from the very ...
Page 248
... appear often at public spectacles ; but if ever there is a proper occasion for you to be there , do not appear more solicitous for any other than for yourself — that is , wish things to be only just as they are , and only the best man ...
... appear often at public spectacles ; but if ever there is a proper occasion for you to be there , do not appear more solicitous for any other than for yourself — that is , wish things to be only just as they are , and only the best man ...
Page 250
... appear beautiful in their demeanor and modestly virtuous . XLI It is a mark of want of intellect to spend much time ... appears right to you , but only what appears so to himself . Therefore , if he judges from false appearances , he is ...
... appear beautiful in their demeanor and modestly virtuous . XLI It is a mark of want of intellect to spend much time ... appears right to you , but only what appears so to himself . Therefore , if he judges from false appearances , he is ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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