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 80
... courses of action open before me , either of which I may suppose capable of altering the path of events , decide which course to take by asking what path events will follow ? If they follow my direction , evidently my direction cannot ...
... courses of action open before me , either of which I may suppose capable of altering the path of events , decide which course to take by asking what path events will follow ? If they follow my direction , evidently my direction cannot ...
Page 300
... course is to hold the reins of friendship as loose as possible ; you can then tighten or slacken them at your will . For the first condition of a happy life is freedom from care , which no one's mind can enjoy if it has to travail , so ...
... course is to hold the reins of friendship as loose as possible ; you can then tighten or slacken them at your will . For the first condition of a happy life is freedom from care , which no one's mind can enjoy if it has to travail , so ...
Page 323
... course not have been practising rapid marches , nor dashing on a foe , nor hurling spears from a distance , nor using swords at close quarters — but only counsel , reason , and senatorial eloquence . And if those qualities had not ...
... course not have been practising rapid marches , nor dashing on a foe , nor hurling spears from a distance , nor using swords at close quarters — but only counsel , reason , and senatorial eloquence . And if those qualities had not ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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