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... sense and sensibilities in introducing an analysis of " comedy , " almost a contradiction in terms . At least I avoided any pseudo - learned disquisition on Meredith's classic treatise of the subject , which had been a temptation . At ...
... sense and sensibilities in introducing an analysis of " comedy , " almost a contradiction in terms . At least I avoided any pseudo - learned disquisition on Meredith's classic treatise of the subject , which had been a temptation . At ...
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... sense in a being otherwise undistinguished by common sense . Personal awareness is the ul- timate acropolis of this impregnable citadel of self . So smile as you open your valise at " Customs " and say , " Noth- ing to declare ...
... sense in a being otherwise undistinguished by common sense . Personal awareness is the ul- timate acropolis of this impregnable citadel of self . So smile as you open your valise at " Customs " and say , " Noth- ing to declare ...
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... sense is EVERYTHING : not diminishing the reality of the perceived ( be it buttercup or battleship ) , but abstracting its essence and perpetuating it beyond change of time or place . Omnipresent as well as ominipotent . Admittedly ...
... sense is EVERYTHING : not diminishing the reality of the perceived ( be it buttercup or battleship ) , but abstracting its essence and perpetuating it beyond change of time or place . Omnipresent as well as ominipotent . Admittedly ...
Contents
Preface Foreword Poem Sonnet to Death Chapter I The Ferries at Bayhead Death as Natural Transition | 1 |
Last Things First Necessity of a Point of View | 11 |
God on Trial The Problem of Evil | 19 |
Copyright | |
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