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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Page 262
... evil in Appearance and Reality without ironic amusement . It is appallingly gentlemanlike . It leaves you with the impression that it is really rather bad form to attach any great importance to evil , and though its existence must be ...
... evil in Appearance and Reality without ironic amusement . It is appallingly gentlemanlike . It leaves you with the impression that it is really rather bad form to attach any great importance to evil , and though its existence must be ...
Page 263
... Evil and error subserve a wider scheme and in this are realized . They play a part in a higher good and in this sense unknowingly are good . Evil in short is a deception of our senses and nothing more . I have tried to find out what ...
... Evil and error subserve a wider scheme and in this are realized . They play a part in a higher good and in this sense unknowingly are good . Evil in short is a deception of our senses and nothing more . I have tried to find out what ...
Page 266
... evil of the world then forces on us the conclu- sion that this being cannot be all - powerful and all- good . A God who is all - powerful may be justly blamed for the evil of the world and it seems absurd to consider him with admiration ...
... evil of the world then forces on us the conclu- sion that this being cannot be all - powerful and all- good . A God who is all - powerful may be justly blamed for the evil of the world and it seems absurd to consider him with admiration ...
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