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... death . Once you acknowl- edge death to be a practical possibility , the thought of it becomes unendur- able , except in flashes . True enough , all men are fated to die ; true enough also , a soldier may grow old in battles ; yet for ...
... death . Once you acknowl- edge death to be a practical possibility , the thought of it becomes unendur- able , except in flashes . True enough , all men are fated to die ; true enough also , a soldier may grow old in battles ; yet for ...
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... death . In death he found the ultimate test of truthfulness . To come to terms with it was what Montaigne sought , in the beginning , from philosophy . Hic Rhodus , hic salta ! " To philosophise is to learn to die , " he titled the long ...
... death . In death he found the ultimate test of truthfulness . To come to terms with it was what Montaigne sought , in the beginning , from philosophy . Hic Rhodus , hic salta ! " To philosophise is to learn to die , " he titled the long ...
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... death - literal death and the death of society , to the accompaniment of the clowns ' heartless equivocations and finally suffers the truncated funeral of Ophelia - he feels that his role , all but the very last episode , has been ...
... death - literal death and the death of society , to the accompaniment of the clowns ' heartless equivocations and finally suffers the truncated funeral of Ophelia - he feels that his role , all but the very last episode , has been ...
Contents
HOMER The Iliad or The Poem of Force | 3 |
AESCHYLUS Introduction to the Oresteia | 51 |
Sophocles | 78 |
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The Proper Study: Essays on Western Classics Quentin Anderson,Joseph Anthony Mazzeo No preview available - 1962 |
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