The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This 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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... is all to the good , for thus they can manage and manipulate them . For my part , of the various theories of the relations between matter and spirit that are offered by the philosophers for the [ 260 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... is all to the good , for thus they can manage and manipulate them . For my part , of the various theories of the relations between matter and spirit that are offered by the philosophers for the [ 260 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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William Somerset Maugham. and spirit that are offered by the philosophers for the consideration of the plain man that ... spirit in the likeness of a river that forces its way through the jungle of matter ; but river is jungle and jungle ...
William Somerset Maugham. and spirit that are offered by the philosophers for the consideration of the plain man that ... spirit in the likeness of a river that forces its way through the jungle of matter ; but river is jungle and jungle ...
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... spirit , if spirit it may be called , self - created and independent of all other existence , though all that exists , exists in it , the sole source of life in all that lives , [ 271 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... spirit , if spirit it may be called , self - created and independent of all other existence , though all that exists , exists in it , the sole source of life in all that lives , [ 271 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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