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... reason considered as a faculty of the mind . It is possible to distinguish five separate but closely related functions of reason , the human faculty , in Johnson's discussion of literature : ( a ) As that quality in man which ...
... reason considered as a faculty of the mind . It is possible to distinguish five separate but closely related functions of reason , the human faculty , in Johnson's discussion of literature : ( a ) As that quality in man which ...
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... reason , " reason was usually an ill - defined and contra- dictorily employed term . The ethical rationalism of the period implied , first , that the organization of the universe was a geometrically rational one , and that , therefore ...
... reason , " reason was usually an ill - defined and contra- dictorily employed term . The ethical rationalism of the period implied , first , that the organization of the universe was a geometrically rational one , and that , therefore ...
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... reason . The important point , however , is that reason of poetry should be differentiated from that of mathematics : Poetry depends much more on Imagination , than other Arts , but is not on that Account less reasonable than they ; for ...
... reason . The important point , however , is that reason of poetry should be differentiated from that of mathematics : Poetry depends much more on Imagination , than other Arts , but is not on that Account less reasonable than they ; for ...
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The Authenticity of Anna Sewards Published Correspondence | 50 |
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