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... human condition . I heard similar remarks elsewhere ; the staff of the Europa publishing house , who were responsible for finding books for translation into Hungarian , were full of good will towards English literature , but had ...
... human condition . I heard similar remarks elsewhere ; the staff of the Europa publishing house , who were responsible for finding books for translation into Hungarian , were full of good will towards English literature , but had ...
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... nature of reality and the values that per- meate it . The rule of Nature accepts without question the givenness of the world , in all its diversity . On the other hand , in the literature of the Human Condition , we are concerned with a ...
... nature of reality and the values that per- meate it . The rule of Nature accepts without question the givenness of the world , in all its diversity . On the other hand , in the literature of the Human Condition , we are concerned with a ...
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... Human Condition , and which must begin by adopting an attitude to experience , and making an act of pioneering self - definition . Within the fiction of the Human Condition there is , I think a distinction between the wish to reach ...
... Human Condition , and which must begin by adopting an attitude to experience , and making an act of pioneering self - definition . Within the fiction of the Human Condition there is , I think a distinction between the wish to reach ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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