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As a moral- ist he studied the problems confronting individual man , and the chief of these centred in the conflicting claims of reason and the passions . As historian he dealt with the laws of civilization was the course of history one ...
As a moral- ist he studied the problems confronting individual man , and the chief of these centred in the conflicting claims of reason and the passions . As historian he dealt with the laws of civilization was the course of history one ...
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... to the original classical sources of 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 .
... to the original classical sources of 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 .
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It has so often been said that Swift discerned in religion little more than a morally restraining force that the ... on grounds that are largely moral for decency in conduct and for respect for the church as a social institution .
It has so often been said that Swift discerned in religion little more than a morally restraining force that the ... on grounds that are largely moral for decency in conduct and for respect for the church as a social institution .
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Mind and Art of Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Ricardo Quintana |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1936 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 398 pages |
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