The Background of English Neo-classicism: With Some Comments on Swift and Pope |
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... understand the revolutionary character of this change , it is necessary to recall the prevalence of scholastic debate in schools and universities . In the se debates , cach word might be twisted to yield a dozen ་ ་ 1. See Richard ...
... understand the revolutionary character of this change , it is necessary to recall the prevalence of scholastic debate in schools and universities . In the se debates , cach word might be twisted to yield a dozen ་ ་ 1. See Richard ...
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... understand the species before one can understand the individual example . One is in this connection reminded of Goethe's attempt to make a drawing of the " Ur - Blatt " the ideal pattern behind every individual leaf . - 3. The ...
... understand the species before one can understand the individual example . One is in this connection reminded of Goethe's attempt to make a drawing of the " Ur - Blatt " the ideal pattern behind every individual leaf . - 3. The ...
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... understanding by the Pattern of Human Learning , the less he is inclined to form Parties after his particular Notions ; because that instructs him in h ́s private Infirmities , as well as in the stubborn Ignorance of the People . But ...
... understanding by the Pattern of Human Learning , the less he is inclined to form Parties after his particular Notions ; because that instructs him in h ́s private Infirmities , as well as in the stubborn Ignorance of the People . But ...
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