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5 THE two other pamphlets of this series are A Project for the Advancement of Religion and the Reformation of Morals ( not issued before March 1709 ) and An Argument against Abolishing Christianity ( 1708 ) .
5 THE two other pamphlets of this series are A Project for the Advancement of Religion and the Reformation of Morals ( not issued before March 1709 ) and An Argument against Abolishing Christianity ( 1708 ) .
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revealed religion excited only contempt in Swift . It was a species of enthusiasm , a bugaboo born of crack - brained spec- ulations . All his hatred of empty theorizing rose up in revolt against these philosophers , with whom he ...
revealed religion excited only contempt in Swift . It was a species of enthusiasm , a bugaboo born of crack - brained spec- ulations . All his hatred of empty theorizing rose up in revolt against these philosophers , with whom he ...
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obliges us to understand terms like omnipresence , ubiquity , and beatific vision ; God intended that the mysteries of the Christian religion should remain incomprehensible to man . Here we have direct insight into Swift's religious ...
obliges us to understand terms like omnipresence , ubiquity , and beatific vision ; God intended that the mysteries of the Christian religion should remain incomprehensible to man . Here we have direct insight into Swift's religious ...
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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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| 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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