 | David Walton - 2007 - 336 Seiten
...them. NOTLAW: Yes, for the middle classes I see you coined the term Philistines and described them as 'The people who believe most that our greatness and...most give their lives and thoughts to becoming rich' (210). ARNOLD: That's true but I also saw the Philistines characterized by a practical ability for... | |
 | 1867 - 818 Seiten
...men are always apt to regard wealth as a precious end in itself ; and certainly they have never twen so apt thus to regard it as they are in England at..."Consider these people, then, their way of life, their • ..in! - , their manners, the very tones of their voice ; look at them attentively ; observe the... | |
 | 1925 - 848 Seiten
...essays of Matthew Arnold, the word philistine has come to mean "a self-satisfied person who believes that our greatness and welfare are proved by our being very rich and who is unaware of his own lack of culture." Another who claimed to be "the world's greatest giant" was... | |
 | G. W. Clarke - 1989 - 310 Seiten
...Barbarians are simply indifferent to culture whereas Philistines hold a narrow or wrongheaded view of it. 'The people who believe most that our greatness and welfare are proved most by our being very rich, and who most give their lives and thoughts to becoming rich, are just... | |
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Well, then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be which makes us talk of things like coal or iron as constituting the greatness of England, and how salutary a friend is culture, bent on seeing things as they are, and thus dissipating delusions of this... 
