The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 59
... passions are utterly reprehensi- ble ; reason must and can govern ; the life which is proper to man is a life of unimpassioned reason . This was in part an inheritance from medieval thought . The Greek view of human nature , of the ...
... passions are utterly reprehensi- ble ; reason must and can govern ; the life which is proper to man is a life of unimpassioned reason . This was in part an inheritance from medieval thought . The Greek view of human nature , of the ...
Page 61
... passions , for it is these that deflect man from virtue and contentment . passions are voluntary , born of reason but of a false reason ; the will , by giving assent to these false judgments , gives life to the passions . Another source ...
... passions , for it is these that deflect man from virtue and contentment . passions are voluntary , born of reason but of a false reason ; the will , by giving assent to these false judgments , gives life to the passions . Another source ...
Page 62
... passions de l'âme , though his tone is Stoical , reaches the conclusion that passion is good provided it serves the will . In thus coming to terms with the passions Descartes was moved by a spirit similar to that which before the end of ...
... passions de l'âme , though his tone is Stoical , reaches the conclusion that passion is good provided it serves the will . In thus coming to terms with the passions Descartes was moved by a spirit similar to that which before the end of ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
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