AIDS to Reflection and Confessions of an Inquiring SpiritCosimo, Inc., 2005 M09 13 - 460 páginas READER!-You have been bred in a land abounding with men, able in arts, learning, and knowledges manifold... But there is one art, of which every man should be master, the art of REFLECTION. If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all?-from "The Author's Preface"Here in one compact volume are two important works on religion and spirituality from one the finest poets in the English language. In Aids to Reflection, first published in 1825, and Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit, which appeared in 1840, Coleridge ponders: pain and pleasure, aka "sensibility" prudential aphorisms elements of religious philosophy original sin redemption the divine origin of the Bible and much more.With the included essay on faith and Coleridge's notes on The Book of Common Prayer, this is a concise guide to the philosophical thinking of one of the great names in English literature.English poet and philosopher SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834) is considered one of the great writers of Romanticism, the late 18th century artistic and intellectual movement. His best known works are The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan. |
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Understanding | 277 |
Letters on the Inspira | 285 |
ESSAY ON FAITH | 341 |
NOTES ON THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER | 350 |
A NIGHTLY PRAYER | 360 |
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Aids to Reflection and The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit Samuel Taylor Coleridge Vista completa - 1904 |
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according answer APHORISM Apostacy Apostle Arminian asserted attri authority Baptism believe Bible called Calvinistic cause character Christ Christian Church Coleridge's common conscience consequence contradiction conviction Deist distinction divine doctrine effect essential evil existence express fact faculty faith feelings former Gospel grace ground hath heart Holy Holy Spirit human idea Infant Baptism instance Instinct interpretation Irenæus Jeremy Taylor knowledge language latter least LEIGHTON AND COLERIDGE less light likewise mankind means metaphorical metaphysics mind moral mystery nature necessity notion objects opinions origin Original Sin outward peculiar perfect law philosophy present principle proof Prothesis prudence purpose question rational reader reason received Redemption reference reflection religious rence SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE scheme Scriptures seek sense soul speak Spirit Spiritual Religion supposed term thee theological things thou thought tion true truth understanding views whole words writer
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