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... human , reflected equally in others : For why should others ' false adulterate eyes Give salutation to my sportive blood ? Or on my frailties why are frailer spies , Which in their wills count bad what I think good ? No I am that I am ...
... human , reflected equally in others : For why should others ' false adulterate eyes Give salutation to my sportive blood ? Or on my frailties why are frailer spies , Which in their wills count bad what I think good ? No I am that I am ...
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... human nature needs external forms - a pro- found reason why Catholicism has survived , when Protestant sects have dispersed and all but disappeared : Catholicism is in keeping with human nature and rests on a truer reading of psychology ...
... human nature needs external forms - a pro- found reason why Catholicism has survived , when Protestant sects have dispersed and all but disappeared : Catholicism is in keeping with human nature and rests on a truer reading of psychology ...
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... human beings find happiness in the pursuit of liberty . It is true only for the elect , like Milton , Rousseau or Jefferson and they have caused much trouble by generalising from their exceptional selves to the human race as a whole ...
... human beings find happiness in the pursuit of liberty . It is true only for the elect , like Milton , Rousseau or Jefferson and they have caused much trouble by generalising from their exceptional selves to the human race as a whole ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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