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... 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 what is significant . The rest of the essay , however , records the difficulty of such an idea ...
... 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 what is significant . The rest of the essay , however , records the difficulty of such an idea ...
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... mind in subjection . Reason has no authority over us , but by its power to warn us against evil . There are really two alternative explanations here , for the mind's potential resistance to the concept of a god . The one offered at the ...
... mind in subjection . Reason has no authority over us , but by its power to warn us against evil . There are really two alternative explanations here , for the mind's potential resistance to the concept of a god . The one offered at the ...
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... mind which , earlier in their lives were turned outwards , into career achieve- ments , are now turned inwards , into the endeavour to achieve a sufficiency of self . This is not the same as solitude . Solitude was the cause of the ...
... mind which , earlier in their lives were turned outwards , into career achieve- ments , are now turned inwards , into the endeavour to achieve a sufficiency of self . This is not the same as solitude . Solitude was the cause of the ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 43 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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