Word: egocentricism
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JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU, by Jean Guéhenno. The character and egocentric doctrine of the erratic Rousseau, in many ways the first modern man, are brilliantly displayed in an excellent translation from the French.
Situation ethics does admit to one absolute: love. In any moral decision, Fletcher argues, the key question is: "What does God's love demand of me in this particular situation?" By stressing the demand of love, situation ethics is at once more lenient and more stringent than law morality...
The actors create the broad, good-humored caricatures which the play demands. They play up the many double entendres, frequently illustrating distinctly off-color lines with distinctly off-color gestures. Carnovsky himself is perfect as the self-centered, conniving Volpone. He accomplishes the transition from the half-dead malingerer to...
Before the grand prize was handed out, there were several secondary awards, and one of them went to Sammy Davis Jr. "Where else could a nice Negro boy meet a nice Swedish girl and then have the whole family turn Jewish?" quipped Sammy, setting the tone for the 30th annual...
That chap at the faculty tea, the fellow just over there by the sandwiches, the one wearing a T shirt and corduroy pants, is he - yes, he is, it's the artist in residence! More and more, the egocentric, emotional and often nonconformist artist is being enticed into the...