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Page 385
... words do not have natural meanings , while at the same time vindicating Plato's assertion that words may have a real connexion with the things they signify . This harmonisation is really quite ingenious , though doubtless unconvincing ...
... words do not have natural meanings , while at the same time vindicating Plato's assertion that words may have a real connexion with the things they signify . This harmonisation is really quite ingenious , though doubtless unconvincing ...
Page 420
... word parolles found in the chapter - heading is applied only to words of Homer and Plato . We read of parolles de Homere ; as for Plato's doctrine , it is likened to the frozen words which Plutarch wrote about , to parolles . . . qui ...
... word parolles found in the chapter - heading is applied only to words of Homer and Plato . We read of parolles de Homere ; as for Plato's doctrine , it is likened to the frozen words which Plutarch wrote about , to parolles . . . qui ...
Page 429
... words of wisdom from the philosophers are not to be supposed to be easy to understand . Rabelais , an old man , is warning us that a lifetime of thought and reflexion is necessary to understand the inspired words of the great thinkers ...
... words of wisdom from the philosophers are not to be supposed to be easy to understand . Rabelais , an old man , is warning us that a lifetime of thought and reflexion is necessary to understand the inspired words of the great thinkers ...
Contents
Chapter One Humanist Comedy | 1 |
Chapter Two Rabelais before Pantagruel | 15 |
Chapter Three Pantagruel | 24 |
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