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 113
... person When a situation arises containing a difficulty or perplexity , who finds himself in it may take one of a number of courses . He may dodge it , dropping the activity that brought it about , turning to something else . He may ...
... person When a situation arises containing a difficulty or perplexity , who finds himself in it may take one of a number of courses . He may dodge it , dropping the activity that brought it about , turning to something else . He may ...
Page 505
... person is said to move or speak with natural grace , or when it is said that a person's natural manner or character is so and so , meaning that it is so when he does not attempt to control or disguise it . In a still looser acceptation ...
... person is said to move or speak with natural grace , or when it is said that a person's natural manner or character is so and so , meaning that it is so when he does not attempt to control or disguise it . In a still looser acceptation ...
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... person concerned that such conduct or demeanor is not natural to him , and make uncomplimentary comparisons between him and some other person to whom it is natural , meaning that what in the one seemed excellent was the effect of ...
... person concerned that such conduct or demeanor is not natural to him , and make uncomplimentary comparisons between him and some other person to whom it is natural , meaning that what in the one seemed excellent was the effect of ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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