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Word: nichomachean (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...walk down one of these paths, and on the left your eyes catch a glimpse of books for Hum 5, "Ideas of Man and the World in Western Thought," and you begin to browse through the selections under this modest, unassuming topic. Ah, yes, Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics," St. Augustine's "Confessions," Machiavelli's, "The Prince," Kant's "Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone," Nietzsche's "The Birth of Tragedy." As you read a few lines here, a few there, the printed words slowly vanish and are replaced by an image of yourself dressed in Renaissance robes, poring over...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: Where the Hell Are the Psych Books? | 9/1/1974 | See Source »

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