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Page 48
... illusion which lives with us day by day , and our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be . The mathematical intelligence and the historical intelli- gence ( the two classes of intelligences ) can never ...
... illusion which lives with us day by day , and our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be . The mathematical intelligence and the historical intelli- gence ( the two classes of intelligences ) can never ...
Page 167
... illusion of the objective world in order so to explain itself . Our waking life , therefore , is but a more connected dream . The self is an unknown which gives birth to an infinite number of unknowns , by a fatality of its nature ...
... illusion of the objective world in order so to explain itself . Our waking life , therefore , is but a more connected dream . The self is an unknown which gives birth to an infinite number of unknowns , by a fatality of its nature ...
Page 220
... illusion , the passion for perfection is a snare ; and sup- posing all your ambitions were gratified , everything would still be vanity , " then he comes to see that a little blind- ness is necessary if life is to be carried on , and ...
... illusion , the passion for perfection is a snare ; and sup- posing all your ambitions were gratified , everything would still be vanity , " then he comes to see that a little blind- ness is necessary if life is to be carried on , and ...
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