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There was evi- dently something in the English temper to which this was congenial , perhaps a native lack of precision in thought , perhaps a naļve delight in fine words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery ...
There was evi- dently something in the English temper to which this was congenial , perhaps a native lack of precision in thought , perhaps a naļve delight in fine words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery ...
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Since I cannot suppose that everyone who reads this book will know all about the various philosophical systems , the instructed reader will perhaps forgive me if I state briefly what solipsism is . The solipsist believes only in himself ...
Since I cannot suppose that everyone who reads this book will know all about the various philosophical systems , the instructed reader will perhaps forgive me if I state briefly what solipsism is . The solipsist believes only in himself ...
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But if we are not certainly bound by the law of cause and effect , then perhaps it is not an illusion that our wills are free . The bishops and the deans have snatched at this new notion as though it was the devil's tail by which they ...
But if we are not certainly bound by the law of cause and effect , then perhaps it is not an illusion that our wills are free . The bishops and the deans have snatched at this new notion as though it was the devil's tail by which they ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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