The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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... moral problems he treated most directly in his essay Upon the Gardens of Epicurus ( Miscellanea II , 1690 ) . In man , reason generates passion ; hence arises a conflict the solution of which is the problem of moral phi- losophy . Now ...
... moral problems he treated most directly in his essay Upon the Gardens of Epicurus ( Miscellanea II , 1690 ) . In man , reason generates passion ; hence arises a conflict the solution of which is the problem of moral phi- losophy . Now ...
Page 60
... moral philosophy , discovering in the ethical treatises of Greek and Latin writers moral doctrine of far greater appeal than that which came to them filtered through the medieval mind . For these men , the pagan Stoics sup- planted the ...
... moral philosophy , discovering in the ethical treatises of Greek and Latin writers moral doctrine of far greater appeal than that which came to them filtered through the medieval mind . For these men , the pagan Stoics sup- planted the ...
Page 144
... moral for decency in conduct and for respect for the church as a social institution . But from this , as we shall see in the closing section of this chapter , it is inaccurate to conclude that his religion terminated in ethics . The ...
... moral for decency in conduct and for respect for the church as a social institution . But from this , as we shall see in the closing section of this chapter , it is inaccurate to conclude that his religion terminated in ethics . The ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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