All 3 Uses
creed
in
Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool
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- Creeds like pacifism and anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of mind.†
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- For if you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics—a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage—surely that proves that you are in the right?†
- For if you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics—a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage—surely that proves that you are in the right?†
Definitions:
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(1)
(creed) any system of principles or beliefs
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)