The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 144
... Religion and the Reformation - of Morals ( not issued before March 1709 ) and An Argument against Abolishing Christianity ( 1708 ) . It has so often been said that Swift discerned in religion little more than a morally restraining force ...
... Religion and the Reformation - of Morals ( not issued before March 1709 ) and An Argument against Abolishing Christianity ( 1708 ) . It has so often been said that Swift discerned in religion little more than a morally restraining force ...
Page 146
... religion in general ; which , by laying re- straints on human nature , is supposed the great enemy to the freedom of thought and action . This was the line which Swift took at all times with the deists . Undeniably it may be made to ...
... religion in general ; which , by laying re- straints on human nature , is supposed the great enemy to the freedom of thought and action . This was the line which Swift took at all times with the deists . Undeniably it may be made to ...
Page 150
... religion was intellectual definition , its two all- important statements had to do ( 1 ) with the relations between man and God effected through the mysteries of re- vealed religion , and ( 2 ) man's apprehension of God through beliefs ...
... religion was intellectual definition , its two all- important statements had to do ( 1 ) with the relations between man and God effected through the mysteries of re- vealed religion , and ( 2 ) man's apprehension of God through beliefs ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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