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Page 41
... truth of the story of Abraham's sacri- fice - the existence of the sacred ordinances of life rested upon the truth of this and similar stories . He had to believe in it passionately ; or else ( as many rationalistic interpreters ...
... truth of the story of Abraham's sacri- fice - the existence of the sacred ordinances of life rested upon the truth of this and similar stories . He had to believe in it passionately ; or else ( as many rationalistic interpreters ...
Page 321
... truths about any- thing or anyone except Michel de Montaigne . His thoughts and opinions may be wrong or right ; they are true only insofar as they are his thoughts . Their truth does not lie in where they tend , for they tend ...
... truths about any- thing or anyone except Michel de Montaigne . His thoughts and opinions may be wrong or right ; they are true only insofar as they are his thoughts . Their truth does not lie in where they tend , for they tend ...
Page 377
... truth and historical ( particular ) truth . But the innovation of Don Quixote con- sists in its establishing as true what is authentically interlaced with a vital experience , and not what is determined by a cognitive process ...
... truth and historical ( particular ) truth . But the innovation of Don Quixote con- sists in its establishing as true what is authentically interlaced with a vital experience , and not what is determined by a cognitive process ...
Contents
HOMER The Iliad or The Poem of Force | 3 |
AESCHYLUS Introduction to the Oresteia | 51 |
Sophocles | 78 |
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