AMERICA: THE VIEW FROM EUROPE1976 |
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... never be translated into practice . But the vision- ary Hythloday will have nothing to do with any form of compromise . " A man has no chance to do good when his colleagues are more likely to corrupt the best of men than be corrected by ...
... never be translated into practice . But the vision- ary Hythloday will have nothing to do with any form of compromise . " A man has no chance to do good when his colleagues are more likely to corrupt the best of men than be corrected by ...
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... never tires of pointing out , is also the home of slavery ; the na- tion which proclaims so loudly the virtue of equality treats many of its own inhabitants as if they were subhuman . In a society so deeply permeated by dissimulation ...
... never tires of pointing out , is also the home of slavery ; the na- tion which proclaims so loudly the virtue of equality treats many of its own inhabitants as if they were subhuman . In a society so deeply permeated by dissimulation ...
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... never fall , never crumble away .... But gazing at them , we recognize how undesirable it is to build the tabernacle of our brief lifetime out of permanent materials , and with a view to their being occupied by future generations . All ...
... never fall , never crumble away .... But gazing at them , we recognize how undesirable it is to build the tabernacle of our brief lifetime out of permanent materials , and with a view to their being occupied by future generations . All ...
Contents
CHAPTER ONE The Best of All Possible Worlds | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO A Fools Paradise | 21 |
CHAPTER THREE The Open Society | 43 |
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