Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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Page 80
... action , in which the body responds to external stimuli without any consciousness being necessarily involved ; he believed animals to be entirely governed by such auto- matic responses ; he proposed an elaborate system of co- ordination ...
... action , in which the body responds to external stimuli without any consciousness being necessarily involved ; he believed animals to be entirely governed by such auto- matic responses ; he proposed an elaborate system of co- ordination ...
Page 81
... action except as a last resort . Another influential philosopher whose view of reality was essentially materialistic was Pierre Gassendi , who adapted Epicurus ' idea that the universe is composed of innumerable atoms , of various ...
... action except as a last resort . Another influential philosopher whose view of reality was essentially materialistic was Pierre Gassendi , who adapted Epicurus ' idea that the universe is composed of innumerable atoms , of various ...
Page 144
... action or feature is so tiny , and Gulliver reports his observations rather like a genial but short - sighted man who has mislaid his spectacles : ' He acted every part of an Orator ; and I could observe many Periods of Threatnings ...
... action or feature is so tiny , and Gulliver reports his observations rather like a genial but short - sighted man who has mislaid his spectacles : ' He acted every part of an Orator ; and I could observe many Periods of Threatnings ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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