Pessimism: A History and a Criticism, Volumen1H. S. King, 1877 - 477 páginas |
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... very unlike objects of value in human life . We may select some special department of this life , for example , that of political and social effort , and make INSTINCTIVE BELIEFS . 9 this the object of a happy 8 PESSIMISM .
... very unlike objects of value in human life . We may select some special department of this life , for example , that of political and social effort , and make INSTINCTIVE BELIEFS . 9 this the object of a happy 8 PESSIMISM .
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... example , are they revealed in the alternate moods which characterise the impulsive utterances of the Psalms ! Now the tone is one of jubilant praise : The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord ; ' ' Let the heavens rejoice , and ...
... example , are they revealed in the alternate moods which characterise the impulsive utterances of the Psalms ! Now the tone is one of jubilant praise : The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord ; ' ' Let the heavens rejoice , and ...
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... example of this contrast . As reflection on the world grows in extent and definite- ness , the antithesis between optimism and pessimism reaches a higher stage of development . The observer's eye no longer looks on the world as existing ...
... example of this contrast . As reflection on the world grows in extent and definite- ness , the antithesis between optimism and pessimism reaches a higher stage of development . The observer's eye no longer looks on the world as existing ...
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... example , writes in one place , ' The land and the sea are full of evils ; by day and by night there wander unbidden maladies bearing evils to mortals.'2 Even the sunny - browed Homer falls now and again into a pessimistic vein , as ...
... example , writes in one place , ' The land and the sea are full of evils ; by day and by night there wander unbidden maladies bearing evils to mortals.'2 Even the sunny - browed Homer falls now and again into a pessimistic vein , as ...
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... example , the following , ' I was nothing , I am nothing , and thou who livest , eat , drink , sport , come ! . . . Comrade , who readest this , rejoice in thy life ; for after death there is no play , nor laughter , nor any kind of joy ...
... example , the following , ' I was nothing , I am nothing , and thou who livest , eat , drink , sport , come ! . . . Comrade , who readest this , rejoice in thy life ; for after death there is no play , nor laughter , nor any kind of joy ...
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