The Cambridge History of English Literature: Cavalier and PuritanSir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller The University Press, 1911 |
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... Hobbes in Stewart England . Hobbes's theory of poetry is a logical result of his philosophy of mind . For him , a mechanical universe continues to make itself felt on the tabula rasa of the human mind ; these impressions the mind ...
... Hobbes in Stewart England . Hobbes's theory of poetry is a logical result of his philosophy of mind . For him , a mechanical universe continues to make itself felt on the tabula rasa of the human mind ; these impressions the mind ...
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... Hobbes's ' manners of men ' fails to suggest that the whole content of human life ( in its inner as well as its outer manifestations ) is the theme of poetry , and is Horatian rather than Aristotelian . The theme of poetry , then , is ...
... Hobbes's ' manners of men ' fails to suggest that the whole content of human life ( in its inner as well as its outer manifestations ) is the theme of poetry , and is Horatian rather than Aristotelian . The theme of poetry , then , is ...
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... Hobbes ' begins the praise of Homer where he should have ended it , ' meaning that Hobbes first considers the choice of ... Hobbes's way of basing his judg- ments on general qualities of style and content is an advance on theirs . The ...
... Hobbes ' begins the praise of Homer where he should have ended it , ' meaning that Hobbes first considers the choice of ... Hobbes's way of basing his judg- ments on general qualities of style and content is an advance on theirs . The ...
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... Hobbes's psychology . His later work connects itself largely with the foundation and progress of the Royal Society , and , through it , with the Baconian tradition ; and he played so important a part ( if we may believe Evelyn ) in the ...
... Hobbes's psychology . His later work connects itself largely with the foundation and progress of the Royal Society , and , through it , with the Baconian tradition ; and he played so important a part ( if we may believe Evelyn ) in the ...
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... Hobbes's taking his thoughts , than any of the others , because he understood what he wrote . ' There is no evidence , however , that their discourse turned on strictly philosophical questions ; nor does it appear that philosophical ...
... Hobbes's taking his thoughts , than any of the others , because he understood what he wrote . ' There is no evidence , however , that their discourse turned on strictly philosophical questions ; nor does it appear that philosophical ...
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