Pessimism: A History and a CriticismH.S. King, 1877 - Broj stranica: 477 |
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Stranica xii
... Influences determining action in certain lives antecedently to individual choice - How far special inherited ten- dencies and early - formed habits preclude a realisation of happiness- Bearing of the doctrine of the determination of ...
... Influences determining action in certain lives antecedently to individual choice - How far special inherited ten- dencies and early - formed habits preclude a realisation of happiness- Bearing of the doctrine of the determination of ...
Stranica xiii
... Influence of the instinct for life - Our judgments respecting its value - The reality of happiness to some extent a matter of external observation - Unhappiness a reality no less than happiness - Certain conditions pre - supposed in any ...
... Influence of the instinct for life - Our judgments respecting its value - The reality of happiness to some extent a matter of external observation - Unhappiness a reality no less than happiness - Certain conditions pre - supposed in any ...
Stranica xiv
... Influence of the impulse of laughter on view of life and of mankind - Relation of the optimistic and pessimistic temperament to that of the moral indifferentist - Half- hearted optimism and pessimism - Differences of mood and tempera ...
... Influence of the impulse of laughter on view of life and of mankind - Relation of the optimistic and pessimistic temperament to that of the moral indifferentist - Half- hearted optimism and pessimism - Differences of mood and tempera ...
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... influences just described . With the Greek dramatists the happy dénoûment commonly calls forth from hero or chorus an optimistic exclamation touching the justice of the gods , and the per- manent triumph of good over ill . A striking ...
... influences just described . With the Greek dramatists the happy dénoûment commonly calls forth from hero or chorus an optimistic exclamation touching the justice of the gods , and the per- manent triumph of good over ill . A striking ...
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... influenced by unbridled desires for all things ; none are sensible of fears more bewildering ; none are impelled by a rage more frantic and violent . ' An illustration of a pessimism which contemns life as evanescent , and , like ...
... influenced by unbridled desires for all things ; none are sensible of fears more bewildering ; none are impelled by a rage more frantic and violent . ' An illustration of a pessimism which contemns life as evanescent , and , like ...
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action active impulse æsthetic affirmation appears arises attainment balance of happiness belief bodily character civilisation conceive conception consciousness desire distinctly doctrine doubt effect element emotional enjoyment evanescence evil example existence experience external fact factor favourable feeling force G. H. Lewes gratification hedonism hedonist Hegel human idea of happiness ideal imagination individual influence instinctive intellectual intelligence intensity involves J. S. Mill life's limits mankind means ment mental mental events metaphysical mind misery mode moral natural selection nervous noumenon object Omar Khayyám optimism and pessimism optimistic organic pessimist philosophy physical pleasure and pain positive possible present principle progress pursuit question realised reality reason recognised reflection relation representation result satisfaction Schopen Schopenhauer's scientific seek seems sensation sense social sources speak subjective idealism supposed temperament theory things thought tion truth Uncon unconscious unconscious mind volition whole wholly wise worth writers
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Stranica 17 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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Stranica 321 - Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend; Dust into Dust, and under Dust, to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and— sans End! Alike for those who for TODAY prepare, And those that after some TOMORROW stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries, 'Fools, your Reward is neither Here nor There.
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Stranica 16 - Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
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Stranica 24 - Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be.
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