The Philosopher's PupilChatto & Windus, 1983 - 576 pàgines In the healing waters of Ennistone the townspeople seek health and regeneration, righteousness and ritual cleansing. To this town of subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. And there he exerts an almost magical influence, especially over George McCaffrey, his old pupil. |
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Pàgina 73
... interested in food and drink , but because he was not ( in the crude accepted sense ) seriously interested in women . He pictured himself as ' highly sexed ' , as no doubt a great many men like to do . ( When does one ever hear a man ...
... interested in food and drink , but because he was not ( in the crude accepted sense ) seriously interested in women . He pictured himself as ' highly sexed ' , as no doubt a great many men like to do . ( When does one ever hear a man ...
Pàgina 78
... interested for the first time in moral philosophy , which he had dismissed when young ; became for a while an obsessive student of Plato and wrote a book called Being and Beyond , considered marvellous but eccentric , about Plato's ...
... interested for the first time in moral philosophy , which he had dismissed when young ; became for a while an obsessive student of Plato and wrote a book called Being and Beyond , considered marvellous but eccentric , about Plato's ...
Pàgina 272
... interested in biography - ' ' You don't want to be a philosopher , do you ? ' - ' No no , I don't . ' ' Good . Would you say that you were a cheerful person ? ' ' Oh yes . I think I'd be a good travelling companion . ' ' A good ...
... interested in biography - ' ' You don't want to be a philosopher , do you ? ' - ' No no , I don't . ' ' Good . Would you say that you were a cheerful person ? ' ' Oh yes . I think I'd be a good travelling companion . ' ' A good ...
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