Samuel JohnsonHarcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977 - 646 страници In this biography - a work that won three of the most prestigious literary prizes this country offers - W. Jackson Bate delves deep into the character that formed Johnson's awesome intellect and fueled his prodigious output. The first great modern biography of Johnson, it confirms that his statements and judgments on literature, politics, religion, behavior - on all human experience - are as relevant in our age as when they were first uttered. This new edition brings a modern classic back into print and includes a new preface from the author. |
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... moral or religious principle ( though , as the line in The Vanity of Human Wishes says , one of the sad lessons of experience is " How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice ” ) , or unless they are being supplemented with other ...
... moral or religious principle ( though , as the line in The Vanity of Human Wishes says , one of the sad lessons of experience is " How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice ” ) , or unless they are being supplemented with other ...
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... moral writings are far more concerned with what to beware of and avoid than what to do positively . In all serious moral writing , of course , from the Ten Commandments down , the values are quickly stated and implied . The problem is ...
... moral writings are far more concerned with what to beware of and avoid than what to do positively . In all serious moral writing , of course , from the Ten Commandments down , the values are quickly stated and implied . The problem is ...
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... moral values , or with anything else that can release man from the subjective prison of self . The problem is to use this yearning , this capacity to leap forward - or in any other direction - in a moral way : to " regulate " it with ...
... moral values , or with anything else that can release man from the subjective prison of self . The problem is to use this yearning , this capacity to leap forward - or in any other direction - in a moral way : to " regulate " it with ...
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First Years at School | 18 |
The Lichfield Upper Grammar School | 28 |
Cornelius Ford and | 45 |
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