All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would
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To suppose that "I know" is a descriptive phrase, is only one example of the descriptive fallacy, so common in philosophy. Even if
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The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects, pathetic fake buildings, and childish tricks
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Homer sweeps us away by the irresistible movement of lines through a whole passage to a splendid climax. What counts is the single
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We tried pathetic appeals to the wandering waiters, who told us "they are coming, Sir" in a soothing tone--and we tried stern remo
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The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul--enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final reven
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To be a social success, do not act pathetic, arrogant, or bored. Do not discuss your unhappy childhood, your visit to the dentist,
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[Women's] apparent endorsement of male supremacy is ... a pathetic striving for self- respect, self-justification, and self-pardon
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Flowers ... that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their colouring as gorgeous as the heavens, had thro
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I should venture to assert that the most pervasive fallacy of philosophic thinking goes back to neglect of context.
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