Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements on Man and His Institutions by the Great Thinkers in Western HistoryMortimer Jerome Adler, Charles Lincoln Van Doren Passages from the West's great written works, ranging from the Odyssey and the Old Testament to the Interpretation of Dreams and Ulysses, comment on love, knowledge, ethics, war, art, and other abiding topics. |
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... action of the statesman is also unleisurely , and - apart from the political action itself - aims at despotic power and honours , or at all events happiness , for him and his fellow citizens - a happiness different from political action ...
... action of the statesman is also unleisurely , and - apart from the political action itself - aims at despotic power and honours , or at all events happiness , for him and his fellow citizens - a happiness different from political action ...
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... action ; and the expression ap- plies most properly to injurious passions and ac- tions , whereby a man harms the person of his neighbor ; for instance if a man strike , that he be struck back . This kind of just is laid down in the Law ...
... action ; and the expression ap- plies most properly to injurious passions and ac- tions , whereby a man harms the person of his neighbor ; for instance if a man strike , that he be struck back . This kind of just is laid down in the Law ...
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... action , produce that action or rest , so far can he do what he will . For such a prefer- ring of action to its absence , is the willing of it : and we can scarce tell how to imagine any being freer , than to be able to do what he wills ...
... action , produce that action or rest , so far can he do what he will . For such a prefer- ring of action to its absence , is the willing of it : and we can scarce tell how to imagine any being freer , than to be able to do what he wills ...
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