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From Swift's philosophy of history radiate several lines : one leads to his aristocratic distinction of a small group of men of taste , another to his historical theory of literature as expressed in The Battle of the Books .
From Swift's philosophy of history radiate several lines : one leads to his aristocratic distinction of a small group of men of taste , another to his historical theory of literature as expressed in The Battle of the Books .
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Temple , resting upon his cyclic theory of history , maintained that from early times the arts had flourished in the full bloom of perfection ; the modern arts , rather than substantiating any theory of progress , proved that culture if ...
Temple , resting upon his cyclic theory of history , maintained that from early times the arts had flourished in the full bloom of perfection ; the modern arts , rather than substantiating any theory of progress , proved that culture if ...
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Having defined his posi- tion , having buttressed it with theory , Temple then goes to history for substantiation . Through the fields of human endeavour he ranges , through philosophy , grammar , rhetoric , astronomy , physic , music ...
Having defined his posi- tion , having buttressed it with theory , Temple then goes to history for substantiation . Through the fields of human endeavour he ranges , through philosophy , grammar , rhetoric , astronomy , physic , music ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
MOOR PARK AND SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE | 10 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a | 49 |
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| Title | The Mind and Art of Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Ricardo Quintana |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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