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... sort of philosophic paradox whereby high Stoic reasoning is deliberately debased , in an infantile or bestial parody . The form of the syllogism is : All those of my generation ( i.e. of my manner of coming into the world ) are dogs ...
... sort of philosophic paradox whereby high Stoic reasoning is deliberately debased , in an infantile or bestial parody . The form of the syllogism is : All those of my generation ( i.e. of my manner of coming into the world ) are dogs ...
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... sort of inverse Uncle Tom - ism . His difference from the rest of mankind seems less , when the heat is off . Alcibiades meanwhile lightens the atmosphere . Shake- speare draws some hints from Plutarch but makes little attempt to evoke ...
... sort of inverse Uncle Tom - ism . His difference from the rest of mankind seems less , when the heat is off . Alcibiades meanwhile lightens the atmosphere . Shake- speare draws some hints from Plutarch but makes little attempt to evoke ...
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... sort ) . But first we should notice two things about the text as we have it . First , the dramatist needs at least until the last sentence a numbing effect of pseudo - discourse , a sort of ' blah - blah ' before falling upon the food ...
... sort ) . But first we should notice two things about the text as we have it . First , the dramatist needs at least until the last sentence a numbing effect of pseudo - discourse , a sort of ' blah - blah ' before falling upon the food ...
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The Paragone | 3 |
Timon Among the Suitors | 17 |
One Playwright or Two? | 30 |
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