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... Aristotle . I think I have read in Plutarch ( who , of all the authors I know , is the one who has best combined art with nature , and judgment with knowl- edge ) his giving as a reason for the rising of the stomach in those who travel ...
... Aristotle . I think I have read in Plutarch ( who , of all the authors I know , is the one who has best combined art with nature , and judgment with knowl- edge ) his giving as a reason for the rising of the stomach in those who travel ...
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... Aristotle's idea that self - esteem and self - disparagement often spring from the same arrogance . As for my excuse that I ought to have more lib- erty in this than other men because I write specifically of myself , and of my writings ...
... Aristotle's idea that self - esteem and self - disparagement often spring from the same arrogance . As for my excuse that I ought to have more lib- erty in this than other men because I write specifically of myself , and of my writings ...
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... Aristotle's idea . See Ethics , IV , vii . I have observed in Germany . See Diary , p . 41 : " It is thought that there are indeed few towns which have not something special in their belief ; and under the authority of Martin , whom ...
... Aristotle's idea . See Ethics , IV , vii . I have observed in Germany . See Diary , p . 41 : " It is thought that there are indeed few towns which have not something special in their belief ; and under the authority of Martin , whom ...
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Of the Useful and the Honourable I | 1 |
Of Repentance | 14 |
Of Three Kinds of Society | 27 |
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