English miscellany: a symposium of history, literature and the arts, Volume 8British Council, 1957 - Art A symposium of history, literature and the arts. |
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Page 111
... moral beliefs which control the related actions of the novel . One might even go further than this and suggest that much of the living quality , the vita- lity of the book - this cantafavola — is centred precisely in this uncertainty ...
... moral beliefs which control the related actions of the novel . One might even go further than this and suggest that much of the living quality , the vita- lity of the book - this cantafavola — is centred precisely in this uncertainty ...
Page 112
... moral , if not historical , optimism ; although his optimism is tinctured with incredulity at times and with a delightful , ironic sense of human imperfection . When Renzo reflects on those strange words « a questo mondo c'è giustizia ...
... moral , if not historical , optimism ; although his optimism is tinctured with incredulity at times and with a delightful , ironic sense of human imperfection . When Renzo reflects on those strange words « a questo mondo c'è giustizia ...
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... Moral philos- ophy is only a theory of moral action ; it can't therefore make any difference to the practice of moral action ... I stand here as a moral philosopher ; I will try to tell you what acting morally is , but don't expect me ...
... Moral philos- ophy is only a theory of moral action ; it can't therefore make any difference to the practice of moral action ... I stand here as a moral philosopher ; I will try to tell you what acting morally is , but don't expect me ...
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