Reason, Rule, and Revolt in English Classicism |
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... tion . Doctor Johnson thought that the function of criticism was to establish principles ; to improve opinion into knowledge , and to distinguish those means of pleasing which depend upon known causes and rational deduc- tions , from ...
... tion . Doctor Johnson thought that the function of criticism was to establish principles ; to improve opinion into knowledge , and to distinguish those means of pleasing which depend upon known causes and rational deduc- tions , from ...
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... tion could preserve writings that had no other claim to regard , and that the fantastic Caliban was a greater mark of genius than the realistic Hotspur or Cæsar.33 As the writer of the papers on The Pleasures of the Imagination Addison ...
... tion could preserve writings that had no other claim to regard , and that the fantastic Caliban was a greater mark of genius than the realistic Hotspur or Cæsar.33 As the writer of the papers on The Pleasures of the Imagination Addison ...
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... tion and altered the temper of man's mind ; the psychology of sensa- tion and of association , utilitarian ethics , and the statistical method in " political arithmetic " could scarcely have been envisaged . To these forerunners the ...
... tion and altered the temper of man's mind ; the psychology of sensa- tion and of association , utilitarian ethics , and the statistical method in " political arithmetic " could scarcely have been envisaged . To these forerunners the ...
Contents
THE INTERPLAY OF LITERATURE AND SCIENCE | 3 |
FACETS OF THE CLASSICAL WAY OF LIFE | 21 |
COMMON SENSE | 49 |
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