The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 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 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 ...
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... moral argument ? 6 It is centrality which is the foremost characteristic of Swift's thought . Thus , when he wrote of the relations to be ob- served between church and state , when he wrote of matters connected with religious toleration ...
... moral argument ? 6 It is centrality which is the foremost characteristic of Swift's thought . Thus , when he wrote of the relations to be ob- served between church and state , when he wrote of matters connected with religious toleration ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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