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... philosopher ( who at that time was not the distin- guished public figure ) for his great son ( who at that time was not the Great ) , must be somewhat tempered by the reality of the political link be- tween Atarneus and Macedonia and ...
... philosopher ( who at that time was not the distin- guished public figure ) for his great son ( who at that time was not the Great ) , must be somewhat tempered by the reality of the political link be- tween Atarneus and Macedonia and ...
Page 440
... philosopher to show their inadequacy when judged by those standards of genuine knowledge which we all implicitly recognize . But a philosopher must expect to meet bitter sentimental resistance from those whose desires and fears , loves ...
... philosopher to show their inadequacy when judged by those standards of genuine knowledge which we all implicitly recognize . But a philosopher must expect to meet bitter sentimental resistance from those whose desires and fears , loves ...
Page 443
... philosopher , who tries before all things to achieve intellectual consistency in his thinking , can- not be content with the illogicalities of ordinary usage ; he can demonstrate to himself that the range of actions which he can regard ...
... philosopher , who tries before all things to achieve intellectual consistency in his thinking , can- not be content with the illogicalities of ordinary usage ; he can demonstrate to himself that the range of actions which he can regard ...
Contents
HOMER The Iliad or The Poem of Force | 3 |
AESCHYLUS Introduction to the Oresteia | 51 |
Sophocles | 78 |
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