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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 because the teaching of Christ has [ 129 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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 because the teaching of Christ has [ 129 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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