Pessimism: A History and a Criticism, Volumul 1H. S. King, 1877 - 477 pagini |
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... brings more bane than blessing in its train./ Men of this cast of mind meet us in all walks of life ; as well in private society as in the conspicuous regions of literature and politics . We do not think of them as a school adopt- ing ...
... brings more bane than blessing in its train./ Men of this cast of mind meet us in all walks of life ; as well in private society as in the conspicuous regions of literature and politics . We do not think of them as a school adopt- ing ...
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... bringing into clearer light the worthlessness of the existing reality . With the practical optimist what is is temporary and alterable ; with the pessimist it is final and WORDSWORTH . 15 unchangeable . This distinction must be borne 14 ...
... bringing into clearer light the worthlessness of the existing reality . With the practical optimist what is is temporary and alterable ; with the pessimist it is final and WORDSWORTH . 15 unchangeable . This distinction must be borne 14 ...
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... bringing it under the conception of a perfect state here- after , whether one of prolonged individual life or one of reabsorption into the central fountain of being . In the second place the optimism and pessimism now to be considered ...
... bringing it under the conception of a perfect state here- after , whether one of prolonged individual life or one of reabsorption into the central fountain of being . In the second place the optimism and pessimism now to be considered ...
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... bringing it under some large ideal conception of things . Thus , for example , the evil of our earthly life may be conceived as subordinate to another and transformed existence after death , or again the reality of the evil of this ...
... bringing it under some large ideal conception of things . Thus , for example , the evil of our earthly life may be conceived as subordinate to another and transformed existence after death , or again the reality of the evil of this ...
Pagina 42
... bring his ideal of a pleasurable life within easy reach of the average man . This is clearly recognisable in the importance attached to the mere absence of pain as a prime condition of happiness ; in the stress laid on the reduction of ...
... bring his ideal of a pleasurable life within easy reach of the average man . This is clearly recognisable in the importance attached to the mere absence of pain as a prime condition of happiness ; in the stress laid on the reduction of ...
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Pagina 17 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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Pagina 20 - HAWEIS, Rev. HR, MA— Current Coin. Materialism— The Devil — Crime — Drunkenness — Pauperism — Emotion — Recreation —The Sabbath.
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Pagina 27 - Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. By Rev. Canon G. RAWLINSON, MA With Homilies by Rev. Prof. JR THOMSON, MA, Rev. Prof. RA REDFORD, LL.B., MA, Rev. WS LEWIS, MA, Rev. JA MACDONALD, Rev. A. MACKENNAL, BA, Rev. W. CLARKSON, BA, Rev. F. HASTINGS, Rev. W. DINWIDDIE, LL.B., Rev. Prof. ROWLANDS, BA, Rev. G. WOOD, BA, Rev. Prof. PC BARKER, MA, LL.B., and the Rev.
Pagina 18 - Y (Rev. Henry) — ANCIENT ROME AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION : An Outline of the History of the City from its First Foundation down to the Erection of the Chair of St. Peter, AD 42-47. With numerous Illustrations of Ancient Monuments, Sculpture, and Coinage, and of the Antiquities of the Christian Catacombs.