Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements on Man and His Institutions by the Great Thinkers in Western HistoryMortimer Jerome Adler, Charles Lincoln Van Doren Passages from the West's great written works, ranging from the Odyssey and the Old Testament to the Interpretation of Dreams and Ulysses, comment on love, knowledge, ethics, war, art, and other abiding topics. |
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... Concerning Human Understanding , I , 6 74 What though these reasonings concerning human nature seem abstract , and of difficult comprehen- sion ? This affords no presumption of their false- hood . On the contrary , it seems impossible ...
... Concerning Human Understanding , I , 6 74 What though these reasonings concerning human nature seem abstract , and of difficult comprehen- sion ? This affords no presumption of their false- hood . On the contrary , it seems impossible ...
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... Concerning Human Understanding , Bk . II , I , 8 38 A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world . He that has these two has little more to wish for ; and he that wants either of them will ...
... Concerning Human Understanding , Bk . II , I , 8 38 A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world . He that has these two has little more to wish for ; and he that wants either of them will ...
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... Concerning Education , 47 55 Esteem and disgrace are , of all others , the most pow- erful incentives to the mind , when once it is brought to relish them ,. If you can once get into children a love of credit , and an apprehension of ...
... Concerning Education , 47 55 Esteem and disgrace are , of all others , the most pow- erful incentives to the mind , when once it is brought to relish them ,. If you can once get into children a love of credit , and an apprehension of ...
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