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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... tion of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their surprise that they can do things that seem to them so abnormal , make them place too great an emphasis on occurrences that are more common than they suppose . Rousseau in ...
... tion of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their surprise that they can do things that seem to them so abnormal , make them place too great an emphasis on occurrences that are more common than they suppose . Rousseau in ...
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... tion and sobriety with which he set down what he had to say . The dictum that the style is the man is well known . It is one of those aphorisms that say too much to mean a great deal . Where is the man in Goethe , in his birdlike lyrics ...
... tion and sobriety with which he set down what he had to say . The dictum that the style is the man is well known . It is one of those aphorisms that say too much to mean a great deal . Where is the man in Goethe , in his birdlike lyrics ...
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... tion that substance thinking and substance extended are one and the same substance . But of course today it is more convenient to call it energy . Unless I mis- understand him Bertrand Russell has expressed in his modern fashion an idea ...
... tion that substance thinking and substance extended are one and the same substance . But of course today it is more convenient to call it energy . Unless I mis- understand him Bertrand Russell has expressed in his modern fashion an idea ...
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