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Page 45
The problem of the distance between words and the reality they are supposed to
stand for remains as stark as when Wittgenstein wrote the Tractatus Logico -
Philosophicus ( whatever direction his subsequent thought may have taken ) ,
and it ...
The problem of the distance between words and the reality they are supposed to
stand for remains as stark as when Wittgenstein wrote the Tractatus Logico -
Philosophicus ( whatever direction his subsequent thought may have taken ) ,
and it ...
Page 106
to him to engage our sympathies , but he remains the stylised embodiment of a
number of predictable gestures . Nevertheless the impact of this book is quite
different from that of its two predecessors . The farce is very evident and is cruel
as ...
to him to engage our sympathies , but he remains the stylised embodiment of a
number of predictable gestures . Nevertheless the impact of this book is quite
different from that of its two predecessors . The farce is very evident and is cruel
as ...
Page 128
Nevertheless this analysis remains largely accurate ; Powell's view of time is
conservative , and unlike Sterne or Proust or Robbe - Grillet he does not see it as
imposing intractable problems on the writer of fiction . As Hall suggests , Powell -
or ...
Nevertheless this analysis remains largely accurate ; Powell's view of time is
conservative , and unlike Sterne or Proust or Robbe - Grillet he does not see it as
imposing intractable problems on the writer of fiction . As Hall suggests , Powell -
or ...
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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