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... mind . This state of mind has as its controlling centre an acknowledg- ment of the plentitude , diversity and individuality of human beings in society , together with the belief that such characteris- tics are good as ends in themselves ...
... mind . This state of mind has as its controlling centre an acknowledg- ment of the plentitude , diversity and individuality of human beings in society , together with the belief that such characteris- tics are good as ends in themselves ...
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... mind ' ; the connections between all three are not so easily suppres- sed . At the same time Mr Goode needs to remember that liberalism is a state of mind , whatever else it may be , and that it is perfectly possible to be either a ...
... mind ' ; the connections between all three are not so easily suppres- sed . At the same time Mr Goode needs to remember that liberalism is a state of mind , whatever else it may be , and that it is perfectly possible to be either a ...
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... mind , as Tony Tanner has shown in a perceptive and sympathetic essay on Barth . I dislike more things in Giles Goat- Boy than he does : notably , its crudity of vision , its basic thinness of texture , and above all its manic ...
... mind , as Tony Tanner has shown in a perceptive and sympathetic essay on Barth . I dislike more things in Giles Goat- Boy than he does : notably , its crudity of vision , its basic thinness of texture , and above all its manic ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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