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Page 59
... individual objects ; but they differ in that description deals with individual objects as fixed , as spatial wholes , as they stand organized at a given time ; narration , with individuals as changing in time , as time wholes , as ...
... individual objects ; but they differ in that description deals with individual objects as fixed , as spatial wholes , as they stand organized at a given time ; narration , with individuals as changing in time , as time wholes , as ...
Page 61
... individual as consti- tuted of coexisting elements . - If the real object or its picture could be presented to the eye , its attributes and parts would appear in their unity at once , at least in their spatial unity . But by the ...
... individual as consti- tuted of coexisting elements . - If the real object or its picture could be presented to the eye , its attributes and parts would appear in their unity at once , at least in their spatial unity . But by the ...
Page 69
... individual are required , a few points of contrast will fill the out- line . Of two objects equally well known , comparison and contrast is a strong means of presenting both at the same time . Often a vivid and sufficient descrip- tion ...
... individual are required , a few points of contrast will fill the out- line . Of two objects equally well known , comparison and contrast is a strong means of presenting both at the same time . Often a vivid and sufficient descrip- tion ...
Page 73
... individual moulds his age he is moulded by it . His traits and habits are partially accounted for in the life from which he sprang . 1 Ian Maclaren . 2. The secondary attributes are less essential to the object THE THOUGHT IN DISCOURSE .
... individual moulds his age he is moulded by it . His traits and habits are partially accounted for in the life from which he sprang . 1 Ian Maclaren . 2. The secondary attributes are less essential to the object THE THOUGHT IN DISCOURSE .
Page 76
... individual . The old individual from which the new is derived is but a part of a larger whole . This fact further distinguishes parts from attributes , since an attribute cannot exist or be thought of as an attri- bute apart from the ...
... individual . The old individual from which the new is derived is but a part of a larger whole . This fact further distinguishes parts from attributes , since an attribute cannot exist or be thought of as an attri- bute apart from the ...
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