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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Page 940
... light - armed troops , the navy . When the country is adapted for caval- ry , then a strong oligarchy is likely to be estab- lished . For the security of the inhabitants depends upon a force of this sort , and only rich men can afford ...
... light - armed troops , the navy . When the country is adapted for caval- ry , then a strong oligarchy is likely to be estab- lished . For the security of the inhabitants depends upon a force of this sort , and only rich men can afford ...
Page 983
... light . He who works for sweetness and light , works to make reason and the will of God prevail . He who works for machinery , he who works for hatred , works only for confusion . Culture looks beyond machinery , culture hates hatred ...
... light . He who works for sweetness and light , works to make reason and the will of God prevail . He who works for machinery , he who works for hatred , works only for confusion . Culture looks beyond machinery , culture hates hatred ...
Page 1252
... light : and there was light . And God saw the light , that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness . And God called the light Day , and the darkness he called Night . And the evening and the morn- ing were the first ...
... light : and there was light . And God saw the light , that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness . And God called the light Day , and the darkness he called Night . And the evening and the morn- ing were the first ...
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