The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... action rather than de- bate . ( By action of course I do not mean merely physical action : from the standpoint of the theatre a character who says , I have a headache , performs an action as much as one who falls off a steeple . ) When ...
... action rather than de- bate . ( By action of course I do not mean merely physical action : from the standpoint of the theatre a character who says , I have a headache , performs an action as much as one who falls off a steeple . ) When ...
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... action . And so the artist's attitude to life is in a certain way peculiar to himself . The psychologists tell us that with the ordinary man an image is less vivid than a sensation . It is an attenuated experience that serves to give in ...
... action . And so the artist's attitude to life is in a certain way peculiar to himself . The psychologists tell us that with the ordinary man an image is less vivid than a sensation . It is an attenuated experience that serves to give in ...
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... action is ? It is not action that aims at happiness ; it is a happy chance if happiness results . Plato , as we know , enjoined upon his wise man to abandon the serene life of contemplation for the turmoil of prac- tical affairs and ...
... action is ? It is not action that aims at happiness ; it is a happy chance if happiness results . Plato , as we know , enjoined upon his wise man to abandon the serene life of contemplation for the turmoil of prac- tical affairs and ...
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