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romantic love and marriage , which is characteristic of our civilization , has made friendship seem less important . Yet , as we all know from our own experience , friendship remains a significant part of human life .
romantic love and marriage , which is characteristic of our civilization , has made friendship seem less important . Yet , as we all know from our own experience , friendship remains a significant part of human life .
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Friendship excels relationship in this , that whereas you may eliminate affection ... You may best understand this friendship by considering that , whereas the merely natural ties uniting the human race are indefinite , this one is so ...
Friendship excels relationship in this , that whereas you may eliminate affection ... You may best understand this friendship by considering that , whereas the merely natural ties uniting the human race are indefinite , this one is so ...
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a 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 impulse to affection as we do chariot horses .
a 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 impulse to affection as we do chariot horses .
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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| Title | Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essays Volume 10 of Gateway to the Great Books, Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Editors | Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler |
| Publisher | Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 |
| Length | 580 pages |
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