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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... hold upon the rest of life . The world thus finds in the heroic man its worthy match and mate ; and the effort which he is able to put forth to hold himself erect and keep his heart unshaken is the direct measure of his worth and ...
... hold upon the rest of life . The world thus finds in the heroic man its worthy match and mate ; and the effort which he is able to put forth to hold himself erect and keep his heart unshaken is the direct measure of his worth and ...
Page 408
... hold most precious , or in which they see him take most delight : whence one often sees horses , arms , cloth of gold , precious stones , and similar ornaments presented to princes , worthy of their greatness . Desiring therefore to ...
... hold most precious , or in which they see him take most delight : whence one often sees horses , arms , cloth of gold , precious stones , and similar ornaments presented to princes , worthy of their greatness . Desiring therefore to ...
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... holds what he chooses to hold , and rejects what he chooses to reject , he no longer adheres to the teaching of the Church as to an infallible rule , but to his own will . Aquinas , Summa Theologica , II - II , 5 , 3 17 Those who are ...
... holds what he chooses to hold , and rejects what he chooses to reject , he no longer adheres to the teaching of the Church as to an infallible rule , but to his own will . Aquinas , Summa Theologica , II - II , 5 , 3 17 Those who are ...
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