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... generosity ' ) is cunningly pivotal . The grace may be exercised by Fortune in her arbitrary selection of Timon ( here the thought is almost theological : the generosity of God is for Protestants of this period notably arbitrary ) . But ...
... generosity ' ) is cunningly pivotal . The grace may be exercised by Fortune in her arbitrary selection of Timon ( here the thought is almost theological : the generosity of God is for Protestants of this period notably arbitrary ) . But ...
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... generosity : ' Good morrow to thee , gentle Apemantus ' ( 1 . i . 180 ) . But of course things are not entirely easy . The words ' gentle Apemantus ' can hardly be uttered without some effect of irony , in the circumstances . It is ...
... generosity : ' Good morrow to thee , gentle Apemantus ' ( 1 . i . 180 ) . But of course things are not entirely easy . The words ' gentle Apemantus ' can hardly be uttered without some effect of irony , in the circumstances . It is ...
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... generosity itself entails at the ethical level an obligation of requital , is far more challenging than the cynical , reductive thesis , ' All supposed altruism is really mercenary ' . This hunger latent in the superabundance of generosity ...
... generosity itself entails at the ethical level an obligation of requital , is far more challenging than the cynical , reductive thesis , ' All supposed altruism is really mercenary ' . This hunger latent in the superabundance of generosity ...
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The Paragone | 3 |
Timon Among the Suitors | 17 |
One Playwright or Two? | 30 |
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