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 149
... ness for which they blame him are due to the direc- tor . The director is a man of ideas , but of few , and that is a disastrous thing . To conceive ideas is exhila- rating , but it is only safe when you conceive so many that you ...
... ness for which they blame him are due to the direc- tor . The director is a man of ideas , but of few , and that is a disastrous thing . To conceive ideas is exhila- rating , but it is only safe when you conceive so many that you ...
Page 279
... ness and an absorption in oneself which is offensive to others and thus often stultifies itself . As we well know many of those who came in contact with Goethe were outraged by his frigid egotism . lxxii It may seem arrogant that I ...
... ness and an absorption in oneself which is offensive to others and thus often stultifies itself . As we well know many of those who came in contact with Goethe were outraged by his frigid egotism . lxxii It may seem arrogant that I ...
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... ness in comparison is a trifle dull . But love has two meanings , love pure and simple , sexual love , namely ; and loving - kindness . I do not think that even Plato distinguished them with exactness . He seems to me to ascribe the ...
... ness in comparison is a trifle dull . But love has two meanings , love pure and simple , sexual love , namely ; and loving - kindness . I do not think that even Plato distinguished them with exactness . He seems to me to ascribe the ...
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