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Jan 1, 2021 · Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find [truth], for it is hard to discover and hard to attain. Philip Wheelwright (1959). Heraclitus, p. 20. Princeton University Press. If 〈he〉 doesn’t expect 〈the〉 unexpected, 〈he〉 will not discover 〈it〉; for 〈it〉 is difficult to discover and intractable. T. M. Robinson (1987).
Aug 10, 2020 · Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens. Now please drive carefully; good-by, good-by, good-by, good..." His last good-by was drowned out by an enormous clap of thunder, and as Milo drove down the road in the bright sunshine he could see the Whether Man standing in the middle of a fierce cloudburst that seemed to be raining only on him.
Nov 10, 2020 · Thoreau was a proponent of limited government. His famous essay Civil Disobedience begins:. I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.
Jun 7, 2021 · Nietzsche appears to be saying "You're probably wrong (to be saying 'I think therefore I am'), but (even if you are right) how does it lead to truth?"
Feb 12, 2024 · An express came at twelve last night, just as we were all gone to bed, from Colonel Forster, to inform us that she was gone off to Scotland with one of his officers; to own the truth, with Wickham! Imagine our surprise. To Kitty, however, it does not seem so wholly unexpected. Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. 1813. Preface George Saintsbury.
This quotation comes from a letter to Franz Xaver Kappus:. I feel that there is nowhere a human being who can answer you those questions and feelings which have a life of their own within their depths; for even the best men go astray with words, when these are to express something very gentle and almost unutterable.
Jan 31, 2017 · 15. The ironies are of juxtaposition. First, Ralph had created a signal fire in order to bring rescuers. However it is not this fire which attracts attention but the raging forest fire set to kill Ralph. So: a fire which is supposed to doom Ralph actually brings him salvation. And it is a fire set as a result of the boys' descent into barbarism ...
Sep 16, 2020 · The scene you refer to takes place in chapter 56. In Chapter 57 we read: from what the report of their engagement could originate, Elizabeth was at a loss to imagine; till she recollected that his being the intimate friend of Bingley, and her being the sister of Jane, was enough, at a time when the expectation of one wedding made everybody eager for another, to supply the idea.
May 14, 2021 · "Peripeteia" is an unexpected reversal of circumstances or a turning point. In tragedy, this sudden change of circumstances is usually a negative one. Is it possible for peripeteia to be a positive one too? For example: A guy named Peter has been working hard his whole life, but has never gotten any credit for his work.
May 14, 2022 · In the book Bilbo is also torn between comfort and adventure, but the struggle is internal: As [the dwarves] sang the hobbit felt the love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic moving through him, a fierce and a jealous love, the desire of the hearts of dwarves.
