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Page 7
... importance ; and indeed , I am - to myself . To myself I am the most important person in the world ; though I do not forget that , not even taking into consideration so grand a con- ception as the Absolute , but from the standpoint of ...
... importance ; and indeed , I am - to myself . To myself I am the most important person in the world ; though I do not forget that , not even taking into consideration so grand a con- ception as the Absolute , but from the standpoint of ...
Page 8
... important to me and it is about myself because I can only treat of these subjects as they have affected me . But it ... importance than they had in his life . There were events among a multitude of others , virtuous or at least neutral ...
... important to me and it is about myself because I can only treat of these subjects as they have affected me . But it ... importance than they had in his life . There were events among a multitude of others , virtuous or at least neutral ...
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... important by far , is the freedom to follow his own bent , and the other is confidence in himself . Notwithstanding . his pre- tension and his susceptible vanity the author when he compares his work with what he intended it to be is ...
... important by far , is the freedom to follow his own bent , and the other is confidence in himself . Notwithstanding . his pre- tension and his susceptible vanity the author when he compares his work with what he intended it to be is ...
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