Pessimism: A History and a CriticismH.S. King, 1877 - 477 pagini |
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Pagina ix
... reality of evil - Complex relations of our problem to theological questions - Practical aspects of our problem - Its intellectual and emotional interest - Its relation to the doctrine of practice - Bearings of pessimism on the ...
... reality of evil - Complex relations of our problem to theological questions - Practical aspects of our problem - Its intellectual and emotional interest - Its relation to the doctrine of practice - Bearings of pessimism on the ...
Pagina xii
... REALITY OF HAPPINESS . Is the practicability of our scheme of happiness affected by the diversity of human feelings and tastes ? -Influences determining action in certain lives antecedently to individual choice - How far special ...
... REALITY OF HAPPINESS . Is the practicability of our scheme of happiness affected by the diversity of human feelings and tastes ? -Influences determining action in certain lives antecedently to individual choice - How far special ...
Pagina xiii
... reality of happiness to some extent a matter of external observation - Unhappiness a reality no less than happiness - Certain conditions pre - supposed in any pursuit of happiness - Frustration of pursuit by unforeseeable contingencies ...
... reality of happiness to some extent a matter of external observation - Unhappiness a reality no less than happiness - Certain conditions pre - supposed in any pursuit of happiness - Frustration of pursuit by unforeseeable contingencies ...
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... the antithetic mode of belief , namely , the optimism which emphasises and singles out as repré- sentative of reality only what is pleasing and cheering . In truth speculative pessimism itself is clearly related , both in.
... the antithetic mode of belief , namely , the optimism which emphasises and singles out as repré- sentative of reality only what is pleasing and cheering . In truth speculative pessimism itself is clearly related , both in.
Pagina 14
... reality behind the heaps of shams which he so ruth- lessly scatters to the winds , though it must be confessed that ... reality , though unsatisfactory , is not viewed with despondency . The pessimist , on the contrary , uses his ideal ...
... reality behind the heaps of shams which he so ruth- lessly scatters to the winds , though it must be confessed that ... reality , though unsatisfactory , is not viewed with despondency . The pessimist , on the contrary , uses his ideal ...
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action active impulse æsthetic affirmation appears arises attainment balance of happiness belief bodily character civilisation conceive conception consciousness desire distinctly doctrine doubt effect element emotional enjoyment evanescence evil example existence experience external fact factor favourable feeling force G. H. Lewes gratification hedonism hedonist Hegel human idea of happiness ideal imagination individual influence instinctive intellectual intelligence intensity involves J. S. Mill life's limits mankind means ment mental mental events metaphysical mind misery mode moral natural selection nervous noumenon object Omar Khayyám optimism and pessimism optimistic organic pessimist philosophy physical pleasure and pain positive possible present principle progress pursuit question realised reality reason recognised reflection relation representation result satisfaction Schopen Schopenhauer's scientific seek seems sensation sense social sources speak subjective idealism supposed temperament theory things thought tion truth Uncon unconscious unconscious mind volition whole wholly wise worth writers
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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.
Pagina 20 - STEVENSON (Rev. WF). Hymns for the Church and Home. Selected and Edited by the Rev. W. Fleming Stevenson. The most complete Hymn Book published. The Hymn Book consists of Three Parts : — I.
Pagina 321 - Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend; Dust into Dust, and under Dust, to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and— sans End! Alike for those who for TODAY prepare, And those that after some TOMORROW stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries, 'Fools, your Reward is neither Here nor There.
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Pagina 16 - Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
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Pagina 24 - Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be.
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