Young Coleridge and the Philosophers of NatureAs a young man, Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived in an age of great social change. The political upheavals in America and France, the industrial revolution, and the explosion in humanity's knowledge of the natural order all had a profound effect on Coleridge and radical intellectuals like him. This book examines Coleridge's ideas on science and society in the critical years 1794 to 1796, setting them within the moral, political, and scientific context of the time. Wylie shows how the complex poem, Religious Musings, became a vehicle for these ideas and how they were then developed in the poetry of Coleridge's later years. |
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... principle of vitality.2 In May 1796 , perhaps inspired by talking with Beddoes , Coleridge wrote to Thomas Poole ... principle beyond the limits of natural science . As life was something possessed by only a small part of the natural ...
... principle of vitality.2 In May 1796 , perhaps inspired by talking with Beddoes , Coleridge wrote to Thomas Poole ... principle beyond the limits of natural science . As life was something possessed by only a small part of the natural ...
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... principle prevailed generally , two theories appeared , which engaged attention by the eminence of their authors , as well as by their own nature . Dr. Munro accounts for the commencement of the involuntary motions , and some other ...
... principle prevailed generally , two theories appeared , which engaged attention by the eminence of their authors , as well as by their own nature . Dr. Munro accounts for the commencement of the involuntary motions , and some other ...
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... principle waxed and waned , attempts were made to unite them into some grand principle of life and motion in the universe . In Dissertations on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy ( 1792 ) James Hutton suggested that the ...
... principle waxed and waned , attempts were made to unite them into some grand principle of life and motion in the universe . In Dissertations on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy ( 1792 ) James Hutton suggested that the ...
Contents
The Ancient Tradition of Knowledge | 12 |
Wrestling with the Spirit of Newton | 27 |
The Elect Band of Patriot Sages | 47 |
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