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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... character , the English resolution to make reason and the will of God prevail , Arnold took for granted ; no man ever set a higher price on character - so far as character by itself will go . But he spent his life trying to sow a little ...
... character , the English resolution to make reason and the will of God prevail , Arnold took for granted ; no man ever set a higher price on character - so far as character by itself will go . But he spent his life trying to sow a little ...
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... character of his Prophet was so noble and majestic that it commands the reverence even of those who do not believe in his mission . So admirable was his moral teaching , so wisely put together the great social machine which he created ...
... character of his Prophet was so noble and majestic that it commands the reverence even of those who do not believe in his mission . So admirable was his moral teaching , so wisely put together the great social machine which he created ...
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... character . They are not the only attitudes that are important in order that the habit of thinking in a reflec- tive way may be developed . But the other attitudes that might be set forth are also traits of character , attitudes that ...
... character . They are not the only attitudes that are important in order that the habit of thinking in a reflec- tive way may be developed . But the other attitudes that might be set forth are also traits of character , attitudes that ...
Contents
JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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