Pessimism: A History and a Criticism, Volume 1H. S. King, 1877 - 477 pages |
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... gives vent to the most depressing convictions of the pessimist . ' Would we , ' he writes , form a just con- clusion , and come to a decision , casting aside all the allure- ments and illusions of fortune , then we are bound to say that ...
... gives vent to the most depressing convictions of the pessimist . ' Would we , ' he writes , form a just con- clusion , and come to a decision , casting aside all the allure- ments and illusions of fortune , then we are bound to say that ...
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... give a few illustrations of its unreasoned expressions . As a striking example of this purely personal and un- theoretic pessimism , I may refer to the letters of Diderot to his lover , Sophie Voland . At the time the writer penned ...
... give a few illustrations of its unreasoned expressions . As a striking example of this purely personal and un- theoretic pessimism , I may refer to the letters of Diderot to his lover , Sophie Voland . At the time the writer penned ...
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... gives us a singularly powerful picture of human life as seen through the pessimist's blackened medium . In a series ... give him- self an interesting appearance . And so the And so the ego looks down at last on his tattered robes , and ...
... gives us a singularly powerful picture of human life as seen through the pessimist's blackened medium . In a series ... give him- self an interesting appearance . And so the And so the ego looks down at last on his tattered robes , and ...
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... give itself the aspect of a reasoned and verified truth . There are two main character- istics which mark off this form of the contrast from that just dealt with . In the first place the problem assumes greater definiteness . The ...
... give itself the aspect of a reasoned and verified truth . There are two main character- istics which mark off this form of the contrast from that just dealt with . In the first place the problem assumes greater definiteness . The ...
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... give the ruling character to life . So , again , there is a degree of definiteness in that form of optimistic doctrine , which while admitting the evil of present existence makes it evanescent by bringing it under the conception of a ...
... give the ruling character to life . So , again , there is a degree of definiteness in that form of optimistic doctrine , which while admitting the evil of present existence makes it evanescent by bringing it under the conception of a ...
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