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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... philosophers I turned to the moderns , thinking that among them , perhaps , I should find what I wanted . I could not discover much agree- ment among them . I found myself convinced by the critical parts of their works , but when I came ...
... philosophers I turned to the moderns , thinking that among them , perhaps , I should find what I wanted . I could not discover much agree- ment among them . I found myself convinced by the critical parts of their works , but when I came ...
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... philosophers long without coming into touch with solipsism . Idealism is always trem- bling on the brink of it . The philosophers shy away from it like startled fawns , but their arguments continue to lead them back to it and so far as ...
... philosophers long without coming into touch with solipsism . Idealism is always trem- bling on the brink of it . The philosophers shy away from it like startled fawns , but their arguments continue to lead them back to it and so far as ...
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... philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Im- mortality is too stupendous a notion to be enter- tained in connection with common mortals . They are too insignificant to deserve eternal punishment or to merit ...
... philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Im- mortality is too stupendous a notion to be enter- tained in connection with common mortals . They are too insignificant to deserve eternal punishment or to merit ...
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