The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 36
... intellectual base . On the other hand , the dualism distinguishing two levels of human society , the rational and the vulgar , became one of the informing ideas underlying his mature work . The theory and the attitude behind it are ...
... intellectual base . On the other hand , the dualism distinguishing two levels of human society , the rational and the vulgar , became one of the informing ideas underlying his mature work . The theory and the attitude behind it are ...
Page 50
... intellectual outlook in more than a vague way , we must put aside sweeping generalities . The mind of the youthful versifier we have already ex- plored . The emotion which dominated Swift upon his de- parture from Trinity College was a ...
... intellectual outlook in more than a vague way , we must put aside sweeping generalities . The mind of the youthful versifier we have already ex- plored . The emotion which dominated Swift upon his de- parture from Trinity College was a ...
Page 96
... intellectual life . It is not as you think - look ! It would be fatal to be misled by the irony of this passage to a conclusion directly opposite to Swift's meaning . As an anti - intellectualist he taught , it is true , that we should ...
... intellectual life . It is not as you think - look ! It would be fatal to be misled by the irony of this passage to a conclusion directly opposite to Swift's meaning . As an anti - intellectualist he taught , it is true , that we should ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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