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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( 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 the plays these authors write ...
( 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 the plays these authors write ...
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But the end of the artist and the end of other men are different , for the end of the artist is production while the end of other men is right action . And so the artist's attitude to life is in a certain way peculiar to himself .
But the end of the artist and the end of other men are different , for the end of the artist is production while the end of other men is right action . And so the artist's attitude to life is in a certain way peculiar to himself .
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But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this meaningless world what right 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 ...
But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this meaningless world what right 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 ...
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Arno Press, 1977 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 18 May 2018 |
| ISBN | 0405078307, 9780405078309 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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