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Charles Van Doren Quotes
Charles Van Doren
American
Celebrity
Born:
Feb 12
,
1926
Always
Facts
Good
Happiness
Me
You
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I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them.
Charles Van Doren
Deceived
Had
Involved
Friends
Deception
Them
Deeply
Millions
Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well.
Charles Van Doren
Happiness
Me
You
Remember
Ethics
Too
Some
Selection
Aristotle
Idea
Well
Read
Passages
His
Years
Years Ago
May
Describe
Portion
The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness.
Charles Van Doren
Happiness
You
Approaching
Important
Part
Aristotle
Most
The Most Important
Now
Last
Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too.
Charles Van Doren
World
Radical
Too
Ideal
New
Because
Encyclopedia
Should
Radically
I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.
Charles Van Doren
Life
Work
Writing
Back
Slide
Way
Out
Possible
Hoped
Would
Would-Be
Slowly
Had
Always
Wanted
Public
Work Out
Public Life
Teaching
Things
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