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... emotions trouble his senses and make false impressions on him . Reason , senses , emotions , lie and deceive , outdoing each other . What a chimera is man ! Strange and monstrous ! A chaos , a contradiction , a prodigy . Judge of all ...
... emotions trouble his senses and make false impressions on him . Reason , senses , emotions , lie and deceive , outdoing each other . What a chimera is man ! Strange and monstrous ! A chaos , a contradiction , a prodigy . Judge of all ...
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... emotion . In this he resembled Pascal . And now he is attempting the somewhat difficult task of formulating a " reasonable " defense of his position . Once having thrown reason overboard , he might better have remained impervious to ...
... emotion . In this he resembled Pascal . And now he is attempting the somewhat difficult task of formulating a " reasonable " defense of his position . Once having thrown reason overboard , he might better have remained impervious to ...
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... emotion stinks of the mob ; that pity is only one step removed from bad manners ; that pitying hands may be thrust with destructive results into a great destiny , into a wounded isolation .... The overcoming of pity I reckon among the ...
... emotion stinks of the mob ; that pity is only one step removed from bad manners ; that pitying hands may be thrust with destructive results into a great destiny , into a wounded isolation .... The overcoming of pity I reckon among the ...
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