Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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... mind has an old and grovelling fear of the body and the body's potencies . It is the mind we have to liberate , to civilize on these points . The mind's terror of the body has probably driven more men mad than ever could be counted ...
... mind has an old and grovelling fear of the body and the body's potencies . It is the mind we have to liberate , to civilize on these points . The mind's terror of the body has probably driven more men mad than ever could be counted ...
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... mind may entirely lose contact with the sober controlling judgement - making part , yet still continue to explore , a delighted spirit , despite all misgivings . The paradox leads to another strange ambiguity : ' not well perceiving how ...
... mind may entirely lose contact with the sober controlling judgement - making part , yet still continue to explore , a delighted spirit , despite all misgivings . The paradox leads to another strange ambiguity : ' not well perceiving how ...
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... mind and that all the activities of the mind are functions of material mechanisms , the movement of extremely refined , but still material , soul - atoms responding to the pressures of other incoming atoms . The principal defender of ...
... mind and that all the activities of the mind are functions of material mechanisms , the movement of extremely refined , but still material , soul - atoms responding to the pressures of other incoming atoms . The principal defender of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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