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This contract theory , of wide appeal during this century , had been given con- summate expression in England in the writings of Hobbes . It was the highly theoretical character of this concept which Temple challenged .
This contract theory , of wide appeal during this century , had been given con- summate expression in England in the writings of Hobbes . It was the highly theoretical character of this concept which Temple challenged .
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Unlike imagi- nation in romantic poetry , which speaks directly to us , the imaginative element in the poetry of the latter seventeenth century and of the eighteenth century is never thrust for- ward , but this does not mean that it has ...
Unlike imagi- nation in romantic poetry , which speaks directly to us , the imaginative element in the poetry of the latter seventeenth century and of the eighteenth century is never thrust for- ward , but this does not mean that it has ...
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CHAPTER II All those familiar with Miss Clara Marburg's study of Tem- ple's thought - Sir William Temple , a seventeenth century ' liber- tin ' ( New Haven , Connecticut , 1932 ) - will appreciate how deeply I am indebted to her .
CHAPTER II All those familiar with Miss Clara Marburg's study of Tem- ple's thought - Sir William Temple , a seventeenth century ' liber- tin ' ( New Haven , Connecticut , 1932 ) - will appreciate how deeply I am indebted to her .
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
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