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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... Raymond Sebond 52 When I play with my cat , who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me ? Montaigne , Essays , II , 12 , Apology for Raymond Sebond 53 Man must be constrained and forced into line in- side the barriers ...
... Raymond Sebond 52 When I play with my cat , who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me ? Montaigne , Essays , II , 12 , Apology for Raymond Sebond 53 Man must be constrained and forced into line in- side the barriers ...
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... Raymond Sebond 16 That passion which they say is produced by idle- ness in the hearts of young men , although it makes its way with leisure and a measured step , very evidently shows , to those who have tried to oppose its strength ...
... Raymond Sebond 16 That passion which they say is produced by idle- ness in the hearts of young men , although it makes its way with leisure and a measured step , very evidently shows , to those who have tried to oppose its strength ...
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... Raymond Sebond 48 The wisest man that ever was , when they asked him what he knew , answered that he knew this much , that he knew nothing . He was verifying what they say , that the greatest part of what we know is the least of those ...
... Raymond Sebond 48 The wisest man that ever was , when they asked him what he knew , answered that he knew this much , that he knew nothing . He was verifying what they say , that the greatest part of what we know is the least of those ...
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