Dr. Samuel Johnson and James BoswellHarold Bloom Chelsea House Publishers, 1986 - 280 Seiten A collection of critical essays on the works of Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, arranged in order of original publication. |
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... practice . It is not to be set on the same level and adduced against the practice . At best it can be but corroboratory— or , where it is contradictory , be accepted as a contradiction , or perhaps as a puzzle . No one , for example ...
... practice . It is not to be set on the same level and adduced against the practice . At best it can be but corroboratory— or , where it is contradictory , be accepted as a contradiction , or perhaps as a puzzle . No one , for example ...
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... practice of common life . In agriculture , he that instructs the farmer to plough and sow , may convey his notions without the words which he would find nec- essary in explaining to philosophers the process of vegetation . Here ...
... practice of common life . In agriculture , he that instructs the farmer to plough and sow , may convey his notions without the words which he would find nec- essary in explaining to philosophers the process of vegetation . Here ...
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... practice is evil simply because it involves self- deception . For self - delusion , of whatever sort , tends to grow rather than diminish ; there are always " so many more instigations to evil , than incite- ments to good . " But the ...
... practice is evil simply because it involves self- deception . For self - delusion , of whatever sort , tends to grow rather than diminish ; there are always " so many more instigations to evil , than incite- ments to good . " But the ...
Inhalt
Johnsons Theory | 11 |
The Life of Boswell | 31 |
The Treachery of the Human Heart and the Stratagems of Defense | 45 |
Urheberrecht | |
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