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Page xiv
... implying action it can inflict suffering on others , feeling can also suffer in itself . Already when writing against religious delusions ( or what to me seem to be such ) , I grew aware that when religion is no longer able to brandish ...
... implying action it can inflict suffering on others , feeling can also suffer in itself . Already when writing against religious delusions ( or what to me seem to be such ) , I grew aware that when religion is no longer able to brandish ...
Page xxviii
... implies that the government has miscalculated and failed . Hence the denuncia- tion of what are called " peace - traps " ; hence constantly increased war propaganda , and , naturally , more and more rigorous suppression of all facts and ...
... implies that the government has miscalculated and failed . Hence the denuncia- tion of what are called " peace - traps " ; hence constantly increased war propaganda , and , naturally , more and more rigorous suppression of all facts and ...
Page 119
... imply that we judge and call its object evil . Thus , if I call Waste and Barren Sacrifice Satan , it is because I hate it ; because my mind and my nerves become tense with desire to destroy at the bare thought of it . But , surely ...
... imply that we judge and call its object evil . Thus , if I call Waste and Barren Sacrifice Satan , it is because I hate it ; because my mind and my nerves become tense with desire to destroy at the bare thought of it . But , surely ...
Page 124
... , while implying what is painful and against the grain of life , it emphasizes the question of scale , of size , numbers , pace , the element of دو mere addition and multiplication , which gives to all 124 SATAN THE WASTER.
... , while implying what is painful and against the grain of life , it emphasizes the question of scale , of size , numbers , pace , the element of دو mere addition and multiplication , which gives to all 124 SATAN THE WASTER.
Page 131
... imply lack of reserve , lack of self - scrutiny and of responsibility - the mischief is in the art of words as such . And if , as I venture to suggest , we writers are an occasional dan- ger to the community , this is , in my opinion ...
... imply lack of reserve , lack of self - scrutiny and of responsibility - the mischief is in the art of words as such . And if , as I venture to suggest , we writers are an occasional dan- ger to the community , this is , in my opinion ...
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