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... rational minority , the men most fit to govern , in fact the Independents themselves . To summarise : the state is an artificial construct , produced by rational men in order to meet their rational ends ; in consequence , its government ...
... rational minority , the men most fit to govern , in fact the Independents themselves . To summarise : the state is an artificial construct , produced by rational men in order to meet their rational ends ; in consequence , its government ...
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... rational , social world . As with the church and state , so too with marriage , Milton emphasises the constructed nature of the institution ; it is ' not a natural , but a civil and ordained relation ' . 56 Indeed , Milton deliberately ...
... rational , social world . As with the church and state , so too with marriage , Milton emphasises the constructed nature of the institution ; it is ' not a natural , but a civil and ordained relation ' . 56 Indeed , Milton deliberately ...
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... rational purity of the Lady's , inform not only their respective languages , but also their respective modes of argument . Throughout the entire scene , the Lady never once moves from her resolute commitment to the value of a rational ...
... rational purity of the Lady's , inform not only their respective languages , but also their respective modes of argument . Throughout the entire scene , the Lady never once moves from her resolute commitment to the value of a rational ...
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Goldmanns Genetic Structuralism | 8 |
A Note on the Problem of Aesthetics | 18 |
Lukács and Socialist Realism | 24 |
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