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 271
... look to other men's reputations and fortunes , as adulterers look to other men's wives , and themselves and their own qualities they despise . Here is another practice conducive to contentment . It is best , of course , to look to ...
... look to other men's reputations and fortunes , as adulterers look to other men's wives , and themselves and their own qualities they despise . Here is another practice conducive to contentment . It is best , of course , to look to ...
Page 272
... look at the carriers too . And whenever you call Xerxes blessed , as the Hellespontine did when he saw him crossing the bridge , look at the poor devils digging at Athos under the knout and having their ears and noses cut off because ...
... look at the carriers too . And whenever you call Xerxes blessed , as the Hellespontine did when he saw him crossing the bridge , look at the poor devils digging at Athos under the knout and having their ears and noses cut off because ...
Page 305
... look out for as a warrant for the stability and permanence of friendship ? It is loyalty . Nothing that lacks this can be stable . We should also in making our selection look out for simplicity , a social disposition , and a sympathetic ...
... look out for as a warrant for the stability and permanence of friendship ? It is loyalty . Nothing that lacks this can be stable . We should also in making our selection look out for simplicity , a social disposition , and a sympathetic ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
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