Hazlitt and the reach of sense : criticism, morals, and the metaphysics of power
This text examines Hazlitt's "metaphysics". Studying his development of the power principle as a counter to the pleasure principle of the Utilitarians, it examines his philosophy of discourse, his account of imaginative structure and of genius, and asserts the tenacity of this principle.
X, 209 p. 23 cm
9780198184379, 0198184379
1014627759
Introduction ; 1. The Shapes of Power: Hazlitt's Metaphysics of Discourse ; 2. The Secret Soul of Harmony: Imagination, Association, and Unity ; 3. The Mighty Intellect: The Self as Focus in Hazlitt's Theory ; 4. A Long-Contested Freedom: Metaphysics and Moral Theory ; 5. Essays Political and Familiar: Two Aspects of Hazlitt's Ideal ; Bibliography ; Index