Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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... matter ' he was committing exactly the same fault as his opponents , who similarly assumed the existence of God and the Soul.2 For Hobbes there was nothing in the world but matter and motion , and the primary fact in human nature for ...
... matter ' he was committing exactly the same fault as his opponents , who similarly assumed the existence of God and the Soul.2 For Hobbes there was nothing in the world but matter and motion , and the primary fact in human nature for ...
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... Matter shall be swept , Where things destroy'd , with things unborn are kept ; Devouring time swallows us whole , Impartial Death confounds Body and Soul . For Hell and the foul Fiend that rules The everlasting fiery Goals , Devis'd by ...
... Matter shall be swept , Where things destroy'd , with things unborn are kept ; Devouring time swallows us whole , Impartial Death confounds Body and Soul . For Hell and the foul Fiend that rules The everlasting fiery Goals , Devis'd by ...
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... matter first , and then ' to descend to more particular Enquiries ' . The deists ' suffered their Minds to be forestalled with Prejudices ; so that they never examined the matter impartially ' . Rochester was powerfully affected by ...
... matter first , and then ' to descend to more particular Enquiries ' . The deists ' suffered their Minds to be forestalled with Prejudices ; so that they never examined the matter impartially ' . Rochester was powerfully affected by ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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