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The agony through which 1 go,
He said, is something that you ought to know,
And something that you will know too
When I have finished telling you
In conversation with JOHN Horder , STEVIE SMITH talks about her poems and the melancholy and absurdity of life A longer version of the broadcast in The World of Books on Feb. 2

Contributors

Unknown:
John Horder
Talks:
Stevie Smith

by D. F. PEARS
Student of Christ Church, Oxford
Mr. Pears' introduces a series of six programmes which raise questions about mental images. What difference does intention make to the way we think? By what criteria do we distinguish between true memories and other images? How do we apply the principle of verification? How do we judge claims to knowledge? How do I know that I am not dreaming? In this opening talk Mr. Pears enumerates some of the philosophical difficulties.

Contributors

Unknown:
D. F. Pears

by John Milton abridged for radio in thirteen parts by R. D. SMITH
Book 1 Reader, Michael Redgrave
Book I proposes, first in brief, the whole Subject, Mans disobedience and the loss thereupon of Paradise wherein he was plac't: Then touches the prime cause of his fall, the Serpent, or rather Satan in the Serpent.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Milton
Unknown:
R. D. Smith
Reader:
Michael Redgrave

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