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Page 51
... truth . " The quality of veraciousness has always been accorded Thucydides . But that he possesses with a tedious annalist . Thucydides sought not only for truth but for relevant truth . We may sometimes wish that his standard of ...
... truth . " The quality of veraciousness has always been accorded Thucydides . But that he possesses with a tedious annalist . Thucydides sought not only for truth but for relevant truth . We may sometimes wish that his standard of ...
Page 81
... Truth , nature , the ancients , Sophocles , Philoctetes . ' The poet shows him on the stage , couched at the entrance of his cavern and covered with torn rags . He rolls on the ground ; he suffers at- tacks of pain ; the decoration was ...
... Truth , nature , the ancients , Sophocles , Philoctetes . ' The poet shows him on the stage , couched at the entrance of his cavern and covered with torn rags . He rolls on the ground ; he suffers at- tacks of pain ; the decoration was ...
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... truth , however seemingly reasonable and true , leave us still unsatisfied , a fact which the so - called realists for- get . But the beauty that harmonizes with truth and demands no sacrifices of the reason is irresistible . And the ...
... truth , however seemingly reasonable and true , leave us still unsatisfied , a fact which the so - called realists for- get . But the beauty that harmonizes with truth and demands no sacrifices of the reason is irresistible . And the ...
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