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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... meaning of each sentence is . Few people have written English with more grace than Berkeley . There are two sorts of obscurity that you find in writers . One is due to negligence and the other to wilfulness . People often write ...
... meaning of each sentence is . Few people have written English with more grace than Berkeley . There are two sorts of obscurity that you find in writers . One is due to negligence and the other to wilfulness . People often write ...
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... meaning so plain that all who read may understand . They tell me that Professor Whitehead has the most ingenious ... meanings should not be altogether opposed to the meanings he desired to bestow upon them . t i i یا ? Ixiv There ...
... meaning so plain that all who read may understand . They tell me that Professor Whitehead has the most ingenious ... meanings should not be altogether opposed to the meanings he desired to bestow upon them . t i i یا ? Ixiv There ...
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... meaning and use of life . If death ends all , if I have neither to hope for good to come nor to fear evil , I must ask myself what I am here for and how in these circumstances I must conduct myself . Now the answer to one of these ...
... meaning and use of life . If death ends all , if I have neither to hope for good to come nor to fear evil , I must ask myself what I am here for and how in these circumstances I must conduct myself . Now the answer to one of these ...
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