 ... achieving a momentary equilibrium in the present, prepares itself for new achievements in the future. Shaw glories in life; he glories in it to the extent of maintaining that if we are to live properly we must live longer ; but he only wants us to...  The Year's Work in English Studies - Page 320by English Association - 1927Full view - About this book
 | John Selden - Table-talk - 1892 - 634 pages
...properly we must live longer; but he only wants us to live longer, in order that we may think more. Thus the Ancients in the last play of the Back to Methuselah...of material existence employ their freedom in the unfettered activity of the intellect. What does the intellect do? It contemplates. It is this contemplation,... | |
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