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lxiv There is no reason why philosophers should not be also men of letters . But to write well does not come by instinct ; it is an art that demands arduous study . The philosopher does not speak only to other philosophers and to ...
lxiv There is no reason why philosophers should not be also men of letters . But to write well does not come by instinct ; it is an art that demands arduous study . The philosopher does not speak only to other philosophers and to ...
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I have tried to find out what philosophers of other schools had to say on this question . This is not very much . It may be that there is not very much to be said about it , and philosophers quite naturally attach importance to subjects ...
I have tried to find out what philosophers of other schools had to say on this question . This is not very much . It may be that there is not very much to be said about it , and philosophers quite naturally attach importance to subjects ...
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Common experience , especially the common experience of philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Immortality is too stupendous a notion to be entertained in connection with common mortals .
Common experience , especially the common experience of philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Immortality is too stupendous a notion to be entertained in connection with common mortals .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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