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... never obscure . They had a perennial fresh- ness , for he never tired of trying new approaches , suggested by his reading or his own thoughts , which might lead to a better solution of the problems involved , and himself so obviously ...
... never obscure . They had a perennial fresh- ness , for he never tired of trying new approaches , suggested by his reading or his own thoughts , which might lead to a better solution of the problems involved , and himself so obviously ...
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... never be a leading man of action in the society of his time . The plane on which his mind habitually moved was not one from which he could make effective contact with the plane of political life in a demoralised society . By the man of ...
... never be a leading man of action in the society of his time . The plane on which his mind habitually moved was not one from which he could make effective contact with the plane of political life in a demoralised society . By the man of ...
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... never to see the end of trouble , because it will never find a way to prevent the men who worship power and wealth from gripping the levers of the political machine . Plato himself had no sanguine hope of success ; and any materialist ...
... never to see the end of trouble , because it will never find a way to prevent the men who worship power and wealth from gripping the levers of the political machine . Plato himself had no sanguine hope of success ; and any materialist ...
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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