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They had a perennial freshness , 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 enjoyed ( for all ...
They had a perennial freshness , 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 enjoyed ( for all ...
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... powers were of such a kind that he could 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 ...
... powers were of such a kind that he could 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 ...
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It may be that the human race is condemned never to see the end of trouble , because it will never find a way to prevent the inen who worship power and wealth from gripping the levers of the political machine .
It may be that the human race is condemned never to see the end of trouble , because it will never find a way to prevent the inen who worship power and wealth from gripping the levers of the political machine .
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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| Title | The Unwritten Philosophy and Other Essays |
| Author | Francis Macdonald Cornford |
| Editor | William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
| Contributor | William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
| Publisher | University Press, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 138 pages |
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