Leslie Stephen Quote

Philistine – a word which I understand properly to denote indifference to the higher intellectual interests. The word may also be defined, however, as the name applied by prigs to the rest of their species.


The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 33 (1876) p. 574


Philistine – a word which I understand properly to denote indifference to the higher intellectual interests. The word may also be defined, however, ...

Philistine – a word which I understand properly to denote indifference to the higher intellectual interests. The word may also be defined, however, ...

Philistine – a word which I understand properly to denote indifference to the higher intellectual interests. The word may also be defined, however, ...

Philistine – a word which I understand properly to denote indifference to the higher intellectual interests. The word may also be defined, however, ...