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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... soul which are united throughout all time . Let that , however , be as God wills , and be spoken of acceptably to him . And now let us ask the reason why the soul loses her wings ! The wing is the corporeal element which is most akin to ...
... soul which are united throughout all time . Let that , however , be as God wills , and be spoken of acceptably to him . And now let us ask the reason why the soul loses her wings ! The wing is the corporeal element which is most akin to ...
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... soul attempts or endures , when under the guidance of wisdom , ends in happiness ; but when she is under the guidance of folly , in the opposite ? Men . That appears to be true . Soc . If then virtue is a quality of the soul , and is ...
... soul attempts or endures , when under the guidance of wisdom , ends in happiness ; but when she is under the guidance of folly , in the opposite ? Men . That appears to be true . Soc . If then virtue is a quality of the soul , and is ...
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... Soul [ Aristotle's ] . Accordingly all things are said to be alive that determine themselves to movement or operation of any kind ; but those things that cannot by their nature do so , cannot be called living , unless by some likeness ...
... Soul [ Aristotle's ] . Accordingly all things are said to be alive that determine themselves to movement or operation of any kind ; but those things that cannot by their nature do so , cannot be called living , unless by some likeness ...
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