Flesh in the Age of ReasonAllen Lane, 2003 - 573 страници The gloomy, anguished fears and concerns of the great English writers of the Civil War period (Milton, Bunyan et all) are in many ways completely baffling and alien to us and yet 150 years later with writers such as Byron we feel totally at home with their view of the world. How did this extraordinary change happen? How did we become modern? lifetime's work, offering an account of the writings of some of the most attractive figures ever to write in English. |
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... disease ' - indeed , he went on , it was a ' disease of the mind ' , ' like delirium ' . Moralists and parsons , he condescendingly added , had -- - been well - meaning in their exposés of drunkenness as 400 FLESH IN THE AGE OF REASON.
... disease ' - indeed , he went on , it was a ' disease of the mind ' , ' like delirium ' . Moralists and parsons , he condescendingly added , had -- - been well - meaning in their exposés of drunkenness as 400 FLESH IN THE AGE OF REASON.
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... disease and drugs . Partly thanks to unscrupulous physicians , his life became a battle with ' diseases ' which , though imaginary , materialized in time , as needless physicking took its toll . Blasé doctors blamed the rise of such ...
... disease and drugs . Partly thanks to unscrupulous physicians , his life became a battle with ' diseases ' which , though imaginary , materialized in time , as needless physicking took its toll . Blasé doctors blamed the rise of such ...
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... disease . ' Under such circumstances , the putatively clear distinction between disease and medicine broke down . Medicating habits caused pain , and the craving for artificial stimulants was viewed , by Trotter and others , as a ...
... disease . ' Under such circumstances , the putatively clear distinction between disease and medicine broke down . Medicating habits caused pain , and the craving for artificial stimulants was viewed , by Trotter and others , as a ...
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RELIGION AND THE SOUL | 28 |
MEDICINE AND THE BODY | 44 |
THE RATIONAL SELF | 62 |
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