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Tess of the Durbervilles

By: Thomas Hardy

... house of Durbeyfield. Some people would like to know whence the poet whose philosophy is in these days deemed as profound and trustworthy as his song ... ... man the woman, the wrong woman the man, many thousand years of analytical philosophy have failed to explain to our sense of order. One may, indeed, a... ...d.’ ‘How can you think of reading it?’ ‘How can I? Why — it is a system of philosophy. There is no more moral, or even religious, work published.’ ‘Ye... ...ted to a vice, and quite amounted, on its negative side, to a renunciative philosophy which had cousinship with that of Schopenhauer and Leopardi. He ... ...prehend me, father; you often do,’ said Angel with a little impa tience. ‘Politically I am sceptical as to the virtue of their being old. Some of the... ...ouched his sentiments now. Why had he not known the difference between the political value and the imaginative value of these things? In the latter as...

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Virginibus Puerisque, And Other Papers

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...that it is a vapour, or a show, or made out of the same stuff with dreams. Philosophy, in its more rigid sense, has been at the same work for ages; an... ...have been heaped one upon another into dry and cloudy volumes without end, philosophy has the honour of laying before us, with modest pride, her contr... ... of bagmen in the country, but human beings are reckoned by number only in political constitutions. And the Admirals are typi- cal in the full force o... ...are more valuable to England than any material benefit in all the books of political economy between Westminster and Birmingham. Greenville chewing wi... ...ot possible to make it better.” It’s a pretty fair start, is it not, for a political trial? A little later, he has occasion to refer to the relations ...

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The Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James

...ll be firm,” the old man rejoined; “they’ll not be affected by the social and political changes I just referred to.” “You mean they won’t be abolished?... ...lse, as it were, had presumed to do. What she felt was that a territorial, a political, a social magnate had conceived the design of drawing her into ... ...r, no answer to the question. Another idea had come into his head. “Is it my political opinions? Do you think I go too far?” “I can’t object to your p... ...e of his dissipations than in earlier days. In the list of his resources his political reflections should not be omitted, for they were doubtless the a... ...tion of success. She took, it will be observed, not the sentimental, but the political, view of matrimony—a view which has always had much to recommen... ...r of age; if he had neither inno cence nor weakness, so he had no practical philosophy. His jaw showed the same voluntary cast as in earlier days; bu...

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Joseph Andrews

By: Henry Fielding

...ittle Theatre” in the Haymarket. The plays which he produced here—satirico-political pieces, such as Pasquin and the Historical Register—were popular ... ...fear, too, that he was incapable of appreciating it for reasons other than political. It is certain that Johnson, sane and ro- bust as he was, was nev... ...ke, for which it is vain to attempt to assign any uniform secondary cause, political or other. It may be permitted to hint another reason. All Johnson... ...able dissertation by Mr Abraham Adams; wherein that gentleman appears in a political light. “I DO ASSURE YOU, SIR” (says he, taking the gentleman by t... ...rvations, and ac- knowledging that, though he corrected his disposition by philosophy, he was indeed naturally as inclined to vice as had been predica... ...he assistance of our conversation, which rolled on the deep- est points of philosophy. These gentlemen were engaged in a search after truth, in the pu...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...egree of M. D. A four years' course, open to bachelors of art, literature, philosophy or science, and to persons of equivalent standing, leads to the ... ...egres of M. D. A four vears' course, open to bachelors of art, literature, philosophy or science, and to perf-ons of equivalent stand in 15, leads to ... ... 2.30 p, m., 4 H. H.—College, German 2. German 4 a, German 4 b, German f). Philosophy 1; Entrance, Greek. Tuesday, April 2, 1907, 7.30 p. 111., 4 H. H... ...Ocgres o< M, D. A four years' course, open to bachelors o( an, literature, philosophy or science-, and to persons of equivalent atanding, leads to the... ...hkosh. Wis., William Denison Lyman, M. A., B. S., professor of English and Political Science nt Whitman college and Albert H. Tolman Ph. D.,Dean of Ch... ...dence in Cleveland where ho was keenly interested in all movements for the political betterment of tho city and the state. Mr. Garfield also became a ... ...o. He was president of the municipal as- sociation whicli exterminated tho political ring which ruled tho city, and also president of the Cleveland ch... ..., 1; Astronomy, 1 ; Comparative Literattirn, 1 ; Italian, 1 ; Physics, 1 ; Political Science 1 ; Psychology, 1; Romance Langu- ages, 1; Spanish, 1; Zo... ...Arvie Eldred '05 (Geology, Mathe- matics); H. P. Hammond '00 (Mathematics, Political Science); J. Hotheway '99 (Romance Languages, Latin); J. H. HoUis...

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Ten Years Later

By: Alexandre Dumas

...III., he called to him his son, a young cook of great promise, and with tears in his eyes, he recommended him to preserve carefully the secret of the ... ...XIV . blushed, this time more strongly than before; then, stretching forth his hand to that of the king of En- gland, “My brother,” said he, “I am ash... ...desirous to be kindly received, too.” Mazarin, seeing the heightened color of the king, was confirmed in his first idea; that is to say, that love tho... ...e head of the king your father’s brother- in-law, and to contract an alliance with a parliament which they call yonder the Rump Parliament; it was unb... ...lish gentlemen? Would you think that they kept within the limits of their treaty of alliance?” Louis listened; it seemed so strange to him that Mazari... ...become a mathematician, but a philosopher.” “Monsieur, in my grocery business I use much printed paper, and that instructs me.” “Bravo! Y ou know then... ...l than iron, bronze, or stone, and that is, the brain of a lodging-house keeper who has grown rich in the trade, — he does not know me! Well, I should... ...he went out, laughing in the face of the future minister. “That man, now,” muttered he, “was about to grow quite friendly; it is a great pity I was ob...

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Walking

By: Henry David Thoreau

...leads to it. I sometimes direct the traveler thither. If you would go to the political world, follow the great road— follow that market man, keep his ... ...brighter, I trust that these facts are symbolical of the height to which the philosophy and poetry and religion of her in habitants may one day soar.... ...ose and Tr a y , the names of dogs. Methinks it would be some advantage to philosophy if men were named merely in the gross, as they are known. It w... ...ry that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy. It is the lighting up of the mist by the sun. Man cannot kno... ...ho loses no moment of the pass ing life in remembering the past. Unless our philosophy hears the cock crow in every barnyard within our horizon, it i... ...e grow ing rusty and antique in our employments and habits of thoughts. His philosophy comes down to a more recent time than ours. There is something...

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The Theory of the Leisure Class

By: Thorstein Veblen

...eptable or effective light for any other than a ceremonial illumination. A political sage still living has summed up the conclusion of this whole matt... ... or spiritual interest, or even as seen from the less remote standpoint of political, military, or social policy. The ques- tion here concerns the les... ...f members of the leisure class are made into the discipline of law and the political, and more especially the administrative, sciences. These so-calle...

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The Magic Skin

By: Honoré de Balzac

...eeper than the Seine,” said Raphael. “Oh, you don’ t understand me; I mean political crime. Since this morning, a conspirator’s life is the only one I... ... stood the young and auda- cious writer, who distilled the quintessence of political ideas better than any other man, or compressed the work of some p... ... hurled across a battlefield. It was at once a volume and a picture. Every philosophy, religion, and moral code differing so greatly in every lati- tu... ...lican, following out his theory in spite of hiccoughs; “in politics, as in philosophy, there are only principles and ideas.” “What an abomination! The... ... she has.” “Oh, ho! No and yes, is not that the sum-up of all reli- gious, political, or literary dissertations? Man is a clown danc- ing on the edge ... ...em is settled by fact!” “What fact?” “Professors’ chairs were not made for philosophy, but phi- losophy for the professors’ chairs. Put on a pair of s... ...c cally opposed. If you were not drunk, you might perhaps catch a gleam of philosophy in this.” “ And if you had not both feet on that fascinating Aqu... ...of,’ whispered Rastignac; ‘he is a chemist, a historian, a novelist, and a political writer; he has gone halves, thirds, or quarters in the authorship... ...of ducks assembled against its will, but luckily without either charter or political principles, living in com- plete immunity from sportsmen, under t...

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Cousin Pons

By: Honoré de Balzac

... because there were so few of them, perhaps because they made little or no political pretension. In those days, besides, you could set up for a poet, ... ... Schmucke was fain to bury his chagrin beneath the flow- ers of his German philosophy; but a week later he grew so yellow that Mme. Cibot exerted her ... ...agnetism, one of the great sciences of antiquity, had its origin in occult philosophy; chemistry is the outcome of alchemy; phrenology and neurology a... ...s yet cannot account. The Catholic Church, the law of the land, and modern philosophy, in agreement for once, combined to prescribe, persecute, and ri... ... the adepts; the result is a lamentable interregnum of a century in occult philosophy. But the uneducated classes, and not a few cultivated people (wo... ..., a Pol- ish Jew, Abramko by name, once involved in a fabulous man- ner in political troubles, from which Elie Magus saved him as a business speculati... ...a wife after the pattern of Socrates’ spouse, and ungifted with the sage’s philosophy, he mingled salt with the corn in the man- gers and forbad the g... ...in the quar- ter; he would carry all the elections—municipal, military, or political. The boulevards seem short if, while you pace afoot, you mount yo... ...or sheep! you were made to 268 Cousin Pons be shorn,’ “ and he hummed the political squib by way of giving vent to his feelings. Then he rang for the...

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Great Thinkers, Great Ideas, An Introduction to Western Thought

By: Vincent J Falcone

...An introduction to moral, political and economic philosophy. Twelve philosophers in each category are featured, their basic theories are examined and provide the basis for discussion....

...Viewpoints: Conservative and Liberal 12 Chapter 3 Epistemology and Logic 20 Chapter 4 Fallacies: Errors o f L anguage and Logic 32 PART 2 Moral Philosophy: Ideas of Good and Evil, Right and Wrong Chapter 5 Moral Philosophy: A Brief Introduction 47 Chapter 6 Plato and Aristotle: Idealism and Realism 55 Chapter 7 Epicurus and Epictetus: Pleasure and Apathy 65 C...

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The Insulted and Injured

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

...ore his father. “What are you saying, Alyosha? I suppose it’s some sort of philosophy ,” she said. “Someone’ s been lecturing you … Y ou’ d much bette... ...diplomat was answering some questions of the countess’ s about the present political position, about the reforms that were being instituted, and wheth... ... that philosopher who poisoned himself that has put me on that track. Damn philosophy! Buvons, mon cher. We be- gan talking about pretty girls… Where ...

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An Englishman Looks at the World Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks Upon Contemporary Matters

By: H. G. Wells

...t forces of transport are already straining against the limits of existing political areas. Every country contains now an increasing ingredient of une... .... G . Wells cal life, especially State life as distinguished from national political life, is degraded because of the natural and inevi- table apathy ... ...e from the cradle to the grave. No one has yet invented any method for the political expression and collective direction of a migratory population, an... ... Will our literature escape at last from pretentiousness and timidity, our philosophy from the foolish cerebrations of university “characters” and emi... ...t national over-confidence, I might go on to the quality of our social and political movements. One hears nowadays a vast amount of chatter about effi... ... other literatures well trans- lated into English, and all science and all philosophy, have to be brought within the reach of everyone capable of avai... ...- can universities towards Germany. The slow starvation and decline of our philosophy and science, the decadence of Brit- ish invention and enterprise... ... the middle-aged and elderly men who still manage our great businesses and political af- fairs. The worker is beginning now to strike for unprecedente... ... who came near raising public shift- lessness to the dignity of a national philosophy. Everything would adjust itself—if only it was left alone. Yet s...

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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot

...d under Cromwell, but afterwards conformed, and managed to come out of all political troubles as the proprietor of a respectable family estate. Young ... ... a new scheme for the application of her income which would interfere with political economy and the keeping of saddle horses: a man would naturally t... ... speaking, and seemed to observe her newly. “Young ladies don’t understand political economy, you know,” said Mr. Brooke, smiling towards Mr. Casaubon... ... annoyance at 12 Book I — Miss Brooke being twitted with her ignorance of political economy, that never explained sci ence which was thrust as an ex... ...ay that you would like him to turn public man in that way—making a sort of political Cheap Jack of himself?” “He might be dissuaded, I should think. H... ...men he regarded as he did the other severe facts of life, to be faced with philosophy and investigated by science. But Rosamond Vincy seemed to have t... ...gher questions which determine the starting point of a diagnosis—as to the philosophy of me dial evidence—any glimmering of these can only come from ... ... youth had acted on him as poetry without the aid of the poets. had made a philosophy for him without the aid of philosophers, a religion without the ... ...tice is all on your own side is even more exasperating in marriage than in philosophy. Dorothea left Ladislaw’s two letters unread on her husband’s wr...

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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot

...d under Cromwell, but afterwards conformed, and managed to come out of all political troubles as the proprietor of a respectable family estate. Y oung... ... a new scheme for the application of her income which would interfere with political economy and the keeping of saddle-horses: a man would naturally t... ... speaking, and seemed to observe her newly. “Young ladies don’t understand political economy, you know,” said Mr. Brooke, smiling towards Mr. Casaubon... ...ht lifted her above her an- noyance at being twitted with her ignorance of political economy, that never-explained science which was thrust as an exti... ...ay that you would like him to turn public man in that way—making a sort of political Cheap Jack of himself?” “He might be dissuaded, I should think. H... ...n he regarded as he did the other se- vere facts of life, to be faced with philosophy and investigated by science. But Rosamond Vincy seemed to have t... ...her questions which determine the starting- point of a diagnosis—as to the philosophy of medial evidence— any glimmering of these can only come from a... ... youth had acted on him as poetry without the aid of the poets. had made a philosophy for him without the aid of philosophers, a religion without the ... ...tice is all on your own side is even more exasperating in marriage than in philosophy. Dorothea left Ladislaw’s two letters unread on her husband’s wr...

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The Collected Poems

By: William Butler Yeats

.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 CONTENTS vii ON A POLITICAL PRISONER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 THE LEADER... ...be There’s nothing but our own red blood Can make a right Rose Tree.’ ON A POLITICAL PRISONER SHE that but little patience knew, From childhood on, ha... ...ree; The night can sweat with terror as before We pieced our thoughts into philosophy, And planned to bring the world under a rule, Who are but weasel... ...he heart. POLITICS ‘In our time the destiny of man presents its meaning in political terms. ’—THOMAS MANN 358 THE COLLECTED POEMS OF W.B. YEATS HOW c...

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Maximus in Minimis : Aphlorisms in Unistiches

By: Florentin Smarandache

...the mill.......................................................38 Inflexible......................................................................38 Political speeches...............................................................38 Happy death...................................................................38 Deficiency...................................................

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