The Summing UpThis book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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Page 141
It does not deal with truth but with effect . That willing suspension of disbelief of
which Coleridge wrote is essential to it . The importance of truth to the dramatist is
that it adds to interest , but to the dramatist truth is only verisimilitude . It is what ...
It does not deal with truth but with effect . That willing suspension of disbelief of
which Coleridge wrote is essential to it . The importance of truth to the dramatist is
that it adds to interest , but to the dramatist truth is only verisimilitude . It is what ...
Page 295
These three values are Truth , Beauty and Goodness . I have a notion that Truth
finds a place in this list for rhetorical reasons . Man invests it with ethical qualities
, such as courage , honour and independence of spirit , which indeed are often ...
These three values are Truth , Beauty and Goodness . I have a notion that Truth
finds a place in this list for rhetorical reasons . Man invests it with ethical qualities
, such as courage , honour and independence of spirit , which indeed are often ...
Page 296
Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity , comfort and advantage . He lives
not by truth but by make - believe , and his idealism , it has sometimes seemed to
me , is merely his effort to attach the prestige of truth to the fictions he has ...
Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity , comfort and advantage . He lives
not by truth but by make - believe , and his idealism , it has sometimes seemed to
me , is merely his effort to attach the prestige of truth to the fictions he has ...
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| Title | The Summing Up A Mentor book Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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