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We know that all men are mortal ( Socrates was a man ; therefore - and so forth ) , but it remains for us little more than a logical premiss till we are forced to recognize that in the ordinary course of things our end can no longer be ...
We know that all men are mortal ( Socrates was a man ; therefore - and so forth ) , but it remains for us little more than a logical premiss till we are forced to recognize that in the ordinary course of things our end can no longer be ...
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They have not convinced me that such a thing is possible . Criticism to my mind is a personal matter ... on a general indifference , such as makes men tolerant of things they care nothing about , but on an active delight in diversity .
They have not convinced me that such a thing is possible . Criticism to my mind is a personal matter ... on a general indifference , such as makes men tolerant of things they care nothing about , but on an active delight in diversity .
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We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful be- cause their novelty surprises us . All this means that association , by likeness or contrast , enters largely into the ęsthetic emotion .
We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful be- cause their novelty surprises us . All this means that association , by likeness or contrast , enters largely into the ęsthetic emotion .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | W. Heinemann, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0434456101, 9780434456109 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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