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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... better than someone else , through having a greater power of understanding , just as a man may see a thing better with his bodily sight , whose power is greater , and whose sight is more perfect . The same applies to the intellect in ...
... better than someone else , through having a greater power of understanding , just as a man may see a thing better with his bodily sight , whose power is greater , and whose sight is more perfect . The same applies to the intellect in ...
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... better we should lead , and if there be any idea which , if believed in , would help us to lead that life , then it would be really better for us to believe in that idea , unless , indeed , belief in it inciden- tally clashed with other ...
... better we should lead , and if there be any idea which , if believed in , would help us to lead that life , then it would be really better for us to believe in that idea , unless , indeed , belief in it inciden- tally clashed with other ...
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... better or worse , and what is not eternal does ad- mit of existence and non - existence , and can par- take in the better and the worse . And ( 3 ) soul is better than body , and the living , having soul , is thereby better than the ...
... better or worse , and what is not eternal does ad- mit of existence and non - existence , and can par- take in the better and the worse . And ( 3 ) soul is better than body , and the living , having soul , is thereby better than the ...
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