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Page 273
... natural and the human , but a compromise destined - like all compro- mises between things essentially irreconcilable - to be no more than temporary . The civilization of the Renaissance comes to an end because human nature finally ...
... natural and the human , but a compromise destined - like all compro- mises between things essentially irreconcilable - to be no more than temporary . The civilization of the Renaissance comes to an end because human nature finally ...
Page 280
... humanity , and the human viewpoint , interest me most . From nature's point of view ( if she had any , which she has not ) , I may be quite unimportant . From my point of view , nature is at once the spectacle I behold , the theater I ...
... humanity , and the human viewpoint , interest me most . From nature's point of view ( if she had any , which she has not ) , I may be quite unimportant . From my point of view , nature is at once the spectacle I behold , the theater I ...
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... human nature is surd , unpredictable , and ultimately un- intelligible , that it will not be bound or expressed by formulas or saved by them . It seems to me that human nature and human life will always provide irreducible difficulties ...
... human nature is surd , unpredictable , and ultimately un- intelligible , that it will not be bound or expressed by formulas or saved by them . It seems to me that human nature and human life will always provide irreducible difficulties ...
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