The Condition of ManHarcourt, Brace & World, 1944 - 467 pages |
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Page 24
... Reason could gently laugh the Homeric gods out of existence , because they were inferior in their sudden angers and exorbitant lecheries to the self - control practiced by living men : but reason could not exorcise the demons that rose ...
... Reason could gently laugh the Homeric gods out of existence , because they were inferior in their sudden angers and exorbitant lecheries to the self - control practiced by living men : but reason could not exorcise the demons that rose ...
Page 25
... reason keeps his life from becoming devalu- ated and his spirit from becoming discouraged over the reports of reason . In sexual life if love were a purposeless welling forth of appetites , homosexual love might seem as reasonable as ...
... reason keeps his life from becoming devalu- ated and his spirit from becoming discouraged over the reports of reason . In sexual life if love were a purposeless welling forth of appetites , homosexual love might seem as reasonable as ...
Page 270
... reason and beyond reason . Hume's philosophy rejects the social background ; it refuses to admit the social interpretation of events or the social ( symbolic ) nature of their analysis ; it turns its back upon social responsibilities ...
... reason and beyond reason . Hume's philosophy rejects the social background ; it refuses to admit the social interpretation of events or the social ( symbolic ) nature of their analysis ; it turns its back upon social responsibilities ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
PRELUDE TO AN ERA | 17 |
THE PRIMACY OF THE PERSON | 52 |
Copyright | |
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