The Summing Up |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 32
Page 96
They demand action rather than debate . ( 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 ...
They demand action rather than debate . ( 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 ...
Page 100
But when a greater and greater realism , both in motive and in action , is demanded of him and he is asked not to em- broider gaily or romantically upon life but to copy it , he is robbed of great part of his resources .
But when a greater and greater realism , both in motive and in action , is demanded of him and he is asked not to em- broider gaily or romantically upon life but to copy it , he is robbed of great part of his resources .
Page
But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this meaning- less 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 meaning- less 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 ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing artist asked audience beauty believe Bertrand Russell better character comedy common consciousness course critic deal delight dialogue discover Dr Johnson drama dramatist effect emotion English evil excited existence experience eyes fact feel fiction forced French gave Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination important instinct interest invention knew Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold meaning mind never notion novel novelist one's perfect perhaps persons philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense sometimes sort soul speak spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal story success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |