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... experience , so that its impact seems more real . He describes the mind's continual retreat from reality , since reality is painful ( no . 32 ) . All this has vital bearing on the topic of idleness , which entirely loses its sinful ...
... experience , so that its impact seems more real . He describes the mind's continual retreat from reality , since reality is painful ( no . 32 ) . All this has vital bearing on the topic of idleness , which entirely loses its sinful ...
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... experience . As in Idler 24 , Johnson argues how little real impact experience makes on the mind . He puts forward the idea that , if ways could be found of discarding what is useless , the mind would be more free to imprint forcibly ...
... experience . As in Idler 24 , Johnson argues how little real impact experience makes on the mind . He puts forward the idea that , if ways could be found of discarding what is useless , the mind would be more free to imprint forcibly ...
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... experience from the world , and converting that experience into a sustaining store of ideas . In the Happy Valley , Imlac argued that he is at least less unhappy than the rest , because I have a mind replete with images , which I can ...
... experience from the world , and converting that experience into a sustaining store of ideas . In the Happy Valley , Imlac argued that he is at least less unhappy than the rest , because I have a mind replete with images , which I can ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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