Pessimism: A History and a Criticism, Volume 1H. S. King, 1877 - 477 pages |
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... misery - Pleasure a negation - The world's evil incurable- Momentary deliverances of Art - Affirmation of will to live - Denial of will - Asceticism and suicide - The worst of possible worlds 74 CHAPTER V. THE GERMAN PESSIMISTS ...
... misery - Pleasure a negation - The world's evil incurable- Momentary deliverances of Art - Affirmation of will to live - Denial of will - Asceticism and suicide - The worst of possible worlds 74 CHAPTER V. THE GERMAN PESSIMISTS ...
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... misery over enjoy- ment in this and that region of human life ? In point of fact we shall find that the two classes , when dealing with the tangible everyday realities of our common lot , resort to much the same method of argument , and ...
... misery over enjoy- ment in this and that region of human life ? In point of fact we shall find that the two classes , when dealing with the tangible everyday realities of our common lot , resort to much the same method of argument , and ...
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... misery , and this doctrine is by no means clearly conveyed by the form of the word . So much as to the need of abiding by the etymology of the terms . INTRODUCTION . 5 The full justification , however , of 4 PESSIMISM .
... misery , and this doctrine is by no means clearly conveyed by the form of the word . So much as to the need of abiding by the etymology of the terms . INTRODUCTION . 5 The full justification , however , of 4 PESSIMISM .
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... misery ; or he may make human nature , under its moral or æsthetic aspect , the object of his depreciation ; or , again , his pessimism may take the form of a despairing view of human effort and of man's capabilities of intellectual ...
... misery ; or he may make human nature , under its moral or æsthetic aspect , the object of his depreciation ; or , again , his pessimism may take the form of a despairing view of human effort and of man's capabilities of intellectual ...
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... conscious pessimism . That is to say , the mind looks out on the whole of life under the dark shadow which these forms of misery cast on it . RUDIMENTARY OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM . 11 The first crude reflection 10 PESSIMISM .
... conscious pessimism . That is to say , the mind looks out on the whole of life under the dark shadow which these forms of misery cast on it . RUDIMENTARY OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM . 11 The first crude reflection 10 PESSIMISM .
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