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... certain themes that dramatists favoured have now fallen into desuetude . We
are less revengeful than we were and now a play devoted to revenge would be
scarcely plausible . Perhaps because our passions are less strong , perhaps
even ...
... certain themes that dramatists favoured have now fallen into desuetude . We
are less revengeful than we were and now a play devoted to revenge would be
scarcely plausible . Perhaps because our passions are less strong , perhaps
even ...
Page 253
From the classical philosophers I turned to the moderns , thinking that among
them , perhaps , I should find what I wanted . I could not discover much
agreement among them . I found myself convinced by the critical parts of their
works , but ...
From the classical philosophers I turned to the moderns , thinking that among
them , perhaps , I should find what I wanted . I could not discover much
agreement among them . I found myself convinced by the critical parts of their
works , but ...
Page 282
But if we are not certainly bound by the law of cause and effect , then perhaps it is
not an illusion that our wills are free . The bishops and the deans have snatched
at this new notion as though it were the devil's tail by which they hoped to drag ...
But if we are not certainly bound by the law of cause and effect , then perhaps it is
not an illusion that our wills are free . The bishops and the deans have snatched
at this new notion as though it were the devil's tail by which they hoped to drag ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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