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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... pleasure of eating . Why not that , in a more delicate manner ? ' I mentioned , before he spoke of eating , our being told we are to have music . ' And , ' said he ... and there is another pleasure ' ; ( I thought , though I divined ...
... pleasure of eating . Why not that , in a more delicate manner ? ' I mentioned , before he spoke of eating , our being told we are to have music . ' And , ' said he ... and there is another pleasure ' ; ( I thought , though I divined ...
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... pleasure and the elimination of pain alone were good . Pleasure might be bodily , such as that cultivated in physical health ; the superior forms of pleasure were mental , however , obtained in freedom from anxiety . The wise , who had ...
... pleasure and the elimination of pain alone were good . Pleasure might be bodily , such as that cultivated in physical health ; the superior forms of pleasure were mental , however , obtained in freedom from anxiety . The wise , who had ...
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... pleasure , for which language has no name . . . . Tom , I am sure the air in heaven must be this wonder - working gas of delight ! As high as heaven . Beddoes persuaded a brave young lady to breathe the gas : to the astonishment of ...
... pleasure , for which language has no name . . . . Tom , I am sure the air in heaven must be this wonder - working gas of delight ! As high as heaven . Beddoes persuaded a brave young lady to breathe the gas : to the astonishment of ...
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RELIGION AND THE SOUL | 28 |
MEDICINE AND THE BODY | 44 |
THE RATIONAL SELF | 62 |
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