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 292
... friendship to exist , though it is one which lacks some of the elements of permanence . Friendship excels relationship in this , that whereas you may eliminate affection from relationship , you cannot do so from friendship . Without it ...
... friendship to exist , though it is one which lacks some of the elements of permanence . Friendship excels relationship in this , that whereas you may eliminate affection from relationship , you cannot do so from friendship . Without it ...
Page 293
... friendship . I am not now speaking of the common or modified form of it , though even that is a source of pleasure and profit , but of that true and complete friendship which existed between the select few who are known to fame . Such ...
... friendship . I am not now speaking of the common or modified form of it , though even that is a source of pleasure and profit , but of that true and complete friendship which existed between the select few who are known to fame . Such ...
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Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler. actual existence of the friendship ; for friendship so often precedes the formation of a judgment , and makes a previous test impossible . If we are prudent then , we shall rein in our ...
Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler. actual existence of the friendship ; for friendship so often precedes the formation of a judgment , and makes a previous test impossible . If we are prudent then , we shall rein in our ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
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WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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