Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essaysRobert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopędia 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 35
... give internal evidence that they were produced among people who forged books in the names of others , and who , in describing events , suppressed those things which did not suit them , while they amplified such as did suit them ; who ...
... give internal evidence that they were produced among people who forged books in the names of others , and who , in describing events , suppressed those things which did not suit them , while they amplified such as did suit them ; who ...
Page 243
... give to another the things which he himself has not ? " Well , but get them , then , that we too may have a share ... give . So , in the present case , you have not been invited to such a person's entertainment because you have not paid ...
... give to another the things which he himself has not ? " Well , but get them , then , that we too may have a share ... give . So , in the present case , you have not been invited to such a person's entertainment because you have not paid ...
Page 300
... give advice with can- dour . In friendship , let the influence of friends who give good advice be paramount ; and let this influence be used to enforce advice not only in plain - spoken terms , but sometimes , if the case demands it ...
... give advice with can- dour . In friendship , let the influence of friends who give good advice be paramount ; and let this influence be used to enforce advice not only in plain - spoken terms , but sometimes , if the case demands it ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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