Eighteenth-century English Literature: Modern Essays in CriticismJames Lowry Clifford Oxford University Press, 1959 - 351 Seiten |
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... possible that the desire to refute Hobbes strengthened and prolonged belief in witches . It is indeed strange to find science seeking refuge in ghosts . There was , however , a more important , and certainly a more rational , way out of ...
... possible that the desire to refute Hobbes strengthened and prolonged belief in witches . It is indeed strange to find science seeking refuge in ghosts . There was , however , a more important , and certainly a more rational , way out of ...
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... possible worlds implies noth- ing as to the absolute goodness of this world ; it implies only that any other world which is metaphysically capable of existence would be worse . The reasoning of the optimist was directed less to showing ...
... possible worlds implies noth- ing as to the absolute goodness of this world ; it implies only that any other world which is metaphysically capable of existence would be worse . The reasoning of the optimist was directed less to showing ...
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... possible kinds of creatures ; and if the excellence of Nature or its Author consists quite simply in having as many kinds as possible , nothing more need be said in justification of the existence of such animals ; in the words of ...
... possible kinds of creatures ; and if the excellence of Nature or its Author consists quite simply in having as many kinds as possible , nothing more need be said in justification of the existence of such animals ; in the words of ...
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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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