Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, Volume 1J. Murray, 1829 - 849 pages "His Colloquies of Society (1829) is a calm exposition of his mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library" -ODNB. |
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... causes that are liable to suspicion . " It is so utterly insignificant what opinions any dividual may have advanced upon such a topic , long ago , in the freedom of conver- sation , at a private table , that I should not think it worth ...
... causes that are liable to suspicion . " It is so utterly insignificant what opinions any dividual may have advanced upon such a topic , long ago , in the freedom of conver- sation , at a private table , that I should not think it worth ...
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... Cause , and a future state , is regarded with contempt as a superstitionist . The religious Naturalist in his turn despises the feeble mind of the Socinian ; and the Socinian looks with astonishment or pity at the weakness of those ...
... Cause , and a future state , is regarded with contempt as a superstitionist . The religious Naturalist in his turn despises the feeble mind of the Socinian ; and the Socinian looks with astonishment or pity at the weakness of those ...
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... cause of their subtlety . That there are such , I am as little able to doubt , as I am to affirm any thing concerning them ; but if there are such , why not evil spirits , as well as wicked men ? Many travellers who have been conversant ...
... cause of their subtlety . That there are such , I am as little able to doubt , as I am to affirm any thing concerning them ; but if there are such , why not evil spirits , as well as wicked men ? Many travellers who have been conversant ...
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... as to you ; except , only , that having a clearer and more comprehensive knowledge of the past , we are enabled to reason better from causes to VOL . I. C consequences , and by what has been , to judge INTRODUCTION . 17.
... as to you ; except , only , that having a clearer and more comprehensive knowledge of the past , we are enabled to reason better from causes to VOL . I. C consequences , and by what has been , to judge INTRODUCTION . 17.
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... causes in the age of the Reformation , and in this age of revolutions , going back to the former age , looking at things as I then beheld them , perceiving wherein I judged rightly , and wherein I erred , and tracing the progress of ...
... causes in the age of the Reformation , and in this age of revolutions , going back to the former age , looking at things as I then beheld them , perceiving wherein I judged rightly , and wherein I erred , and tracing the progress of ...
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