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The unconscious element in drama falls under two heads : ( a ) the traditional form , ( b ) the myth . ( a ) The traditional form of ancient drama may be called an unconscious factor in the sense that it is accepted without a thought ...
The unconscious element in drama falls under two heads : ( a ) the traditional form , ( b ) the myth . ( a ) The traditional form of ancient drama may be called an unconscious factor in the sense that it is accepted without a thought ...
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... a country without a past ' , and that ' there was no traditional background there at all . If Professor Burnet is right , my error is so fundamental that his complimentary epithet ' interesting ' should be withdrawn .
... a country without a past ' , and that ' there was no traditional background there at all . If Professor Burnet is right , my error is so fundamental that his complimentary epithet ' interesting ' should be withdrawn .
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When we compare the two , we find that neither philosopher proposed to interfere with the traditional state - cults , to which they both conformed . Conformity , of course , did not imply belief in the mythical accounts of the gods .
When we compare the two , we find that neither philosopher proposed to interfere with the traditional state - cults , to which they both conformed . Conformity , of course , did not imply belief in the mythical accounts of the gods .
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Contents
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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