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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... thing is and how far distant it is . And this must by no means be deemed strange herein that , while the idols which strike the eyes cannot be seen one at a time , the things themselves are seen . For thus when the wind too beats us ...
... thing is and how far distant it is . And this must by no means be deemed strange herein that , while the idols which strike the eyes cannot be seen one at a time , the things themselves are seen . For thus when the wind too beats us ...
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... things brought to it by the senses . Further there is stored in the memory the thoughts we think , by adding to or taking from or otherwise modifying the things that sense has made contact with , and all other things that have been ...
... things brought to it by the senses . Further there is stored in the memory the thoughts we think , by adding to or taking from or otherwise modifying the things that sense has made contact with , and all other things that have been ...
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... things of the soul are either profitable or hurtful in themselves , but they are all made profitable or hurtful by the addition of wisdom or of folly ; and therefore if virtue is profitable , virtue must be a sort of wisdom or pru ...
... things of the soul are either profitable or hurtful in themselves , but they are all made profitable or hurtful by the addition of wisdom or of folly ; and therefore if virtue is profitable , virtue must be a sort of wisdom or pru ...
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