Samuel Johnson's "general Nature": Tradition and Transition in Eighteenth-century DiscourseUniversity of Delaware Press, 1999 - 168 pages This study illuminates the importance and meaning of the term author in eighteenth-century discourse from the perspective of its prominent usage by Samuel Johnson. It explains Johnson's employment of nature in his periodical essays, his qualified endorsement of the new science, and his commendation of Shakespeare's drama and other literary works on the basis of their just representation of general nature. |
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... important eighteenth - century intel- lectual dispute . To understand the problematic importance of eighteenth - century " nature , " it is less useful to begin by examining its ambiguous mean- ing than by understanding its unitary ...
... important eighteenth - century intel- lectual dispute . To understand the problematic importance of eighteenth - century " nature , " it is less useful to begin by examining its ambiguous mean- ing than by understanding its unitary ...
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... important purpose of the works of Plato . As Cudworth implies , the most important classical contributions to eighteenth - century “ nature ” were the emphasis of its metaphysi- cal constitution by Plato and the extension of its ...
... important purpose of the works of Plato . As Cudworth implies , the most important classical contributions to eighteenth - century “ nature ” were the emphasis of its metaphysi- cal constitution by Plato and the extension of its ...
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... important to note here , however , the implication of his elevation of “ intellectual " over material na- ture : apparently , the notion that " speculations upon matter " are of critical importance , even in relation to moral and ...
... important to note here , however , the implication of his elevation of “ intellectual " over material na- ture : apparently , the notion that " speculations upon matter " are of critical importance , even in relation to moral and ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Classical Nature | 21 |
Medieval Nature | 36 |
Copyright | |
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