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Page 67
... experience , and whatever he has in him of character and individuality , so that with infinite pains he may present it with the completeness that is fitting to it . But I am not impatient with the young when , only at their request , I ...
... experience , and whatever he has in him of character and individuality , so that with infinite pains he may present it with the completeness that is fitting to it . But I am not impatient with the young when , only at their request , I ...
Page 151
... experience of authors to be accused of having drawn a lifelike portrait of a certain person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he is ...
... experience of authors to be accused of having drawn a lifelike portrait of a certain person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he is ...
Page 183
... experience . He creates the world as the theatre of his activity , and the world he creates consists of him- self and his thoughts and feelings ; and beyond that nothing has being . Everything knowable , every fact of experience , is an ...
... experience . He creates the world as the theatre of his activity , and the world he creates consists of him- self and his thoughts and feelings ; and beyond that nothing has being . Everything knowable , every fact of experience , is an ...
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