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In man , reason generates passion ; hence arises a conflict the solution of which is the problem of moral phi- losophy . Now , most men proceed in life by diverting rather than conquering their passions ; that is , they more or less ...
In man , reason generates passion ; hence arises a conflict the solution of which is the problem of moral phi- losophy . Now , most men proceed in life by diverting rather than conquering their passions ; that is , they more or less ...
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The Neo - Stoicism dwelt endlessly upon the 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 ...
The Neo - Stoicism dwelt endlessly upon the 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 ...
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the passions . But there is a broader point of view , pervad- ing the entire period down through the seventeenth century , and illustrated in Swift , which describes human nature as a dualism of reason and the lower faculties ...
the passions . But there is a broader point of view , pervad- ing the entire period down through the seventeenth century , and illustrated in Swift , which describes human nature as a dualism of reason and the lower faculties ...
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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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