The Modern Temper: A Study and a Confession"A study of the various tendencies in contemporary thought and a confession of the mood which submission to these tendencies has engendered.". |
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... animal . " In particular he is inclined to describe any sexual indulgence of which he does not approve as " bestial , " and more especially still to say of a man or woman who makes the pleasures of sense the chief business of life that ...
... animal . " In particular he is inclined to describe any sexual indulgence of which he does not approve as " bestial , " and more especially still to say of a man or woman who makes the pleasures of sense the chief business of life that ...
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... animal , while the revolt against them is distinctly human . Even the more complex social virtues grow from roots which may be traced in animal nature more readily than the roots of many human vices ; and , since it is upon the social ...
... animal , while the revolt against them is distinctly human . Even the more complex social virtues grow from roots which may be traced in animal nature more readily than the roots of many human vices ; and , since it is upon the social ...
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... animal vigor , and with- out them he could not exist . A decadent society , he realizes , is merely one in which too ... animal pos- sible . Sensibility and intelligence arose in the animal in order to serve animal purposes , for through ...
... animal vigor , and with- out them he could not exist . A decadent society , he realizes , is merely one in which too ... animal pos- sible . Sensibility and intelligence arose in the animal in order to serve animal purposes , for through ...
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