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Passions are quickly born , grow , and die . ... which in turn define and limit future passions . ... between consuming and being consumed in love , and between reason and passion in the forward progress through time .
Passions are quickly born , grow , and die . ... which in turn define and limit future passions . ... between consuming and being consumed in love , and between reason and passion in the forward progress through time .
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The passions are , as the second book of Solomon shows , a cause of suffering ; in the third book Prior proceeds to give a systematic and eloquent survey of ... The worst of man's woes , reason and passion , are therefore in himself .
The passions are , as the second book of Solomon shows , a cause of suffering ; in the third book Prior proceeds to give a systematic and eloquent survey of ... The worst of man's woes , reason and passion , are therefore in himself .
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He has neither artistic detachment nor passion , and how can a writer who is devoid of both , create characters who will move us deeply ? Artistic detachment - perhaps it is priggish to ask for that . But passion — surely passion is low ...
He has neither artistic detachment nor passion , and how can a writer who is devoid of both , create characters who will move us deeply ? Artistic detachment - perhaps it is priggish to ask for that . But passion — surely passion is low ...
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