Eighteenth-century English Literature: Modern Essays in CriticismJames Lowry Clifford Oxford University Press, 1959 - 351 Seiten |
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... matter , motion , and mathematics , thus at one blow sweeping aside all the specious theories of traditional philosophies . Descartes saw in nature one vast machine filled with in- numerable smaller ones . Animals were mere automata ...
... matter , motion , and mathematics , thus at one blow sweeping aside all the specious theories of traditional philosophies . Descartes saw in nature one vast machine filled with in- numerable smaller ones . Animals were mere automata ...
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... matters of belief there must be boundaries between the spheres of faith and reason , and limits set to prevent disorder from the revolutionary forces of scepticism and critical inquiry . In matters of ethics he was content with a simple ...
... matters of belief there must be boundaries between the spheres of faith and reason , and limits set to prevent disorder from the revolutionary forces of scepticism and critical inquiry . In matters of ethics he was content with a simple ...
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... matter . It was theoretically possible for God to have so disposed matter that it would move ' uniformly and all together , either in a direct line or in a circle and the contrariety of motions by that means be prevented . ' But a ...
... matter . It was theoretically possible for God to have so disposed matter that it would move ' uniformly and all together , either in a direct line or in a circle and the contrariety of motions by that means be prevented . ' But a ...
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THE GLOOM OF THE TORY SATIRISTS | 3 |
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON HIS IMAGERY | 21 |
THE ESSAY ON CRITICISM | 42 |
Urheberrecht | |
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