Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious Narratives, with Observations on Some of the Most EminentMundell, 1805 - 174 páginas |
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... represent fiction as a very eligible substi- tute . For the resemblance which it bears to truth can hardly ever be so exact , as that truth itself must not still be preferable . However well executed , it can never be re- ferred to by ...
... represent fiction as a very eligible substi- tute . For the resemblance which it bears to truth can hardly ever be so exact , as that truth itself must not still be preferable . However well executed , it can never be re- ferred to by ...
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... representing them as believed and acted upon by his favourite characters .. The second order of reasoning fictions , are those , whose object it is to shew the motives of prudence , which bind to the observation of some particular moral ...
... representing them as believed and acted upon by his favourite characters .. The second order of reasoning fictions , are those , whose object it is to shew the motives of prudence , which bind to the observation of some particular moral ...
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... the actual course of events , that we can trace with certainty that connection , which , even in this world , exists between virtue . and happiness . Now , fiction either does , or does not , represent this course as 13 .
... the actual course of events , that we can trace with certainty that connection , which , even in this world , exists between virtue . and happiness . Now , fiction either does , or does not , represent this course as 13 .
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... represent this course as more favourable to virtue than it really is . On the former supposition , it tends to raise expectations , of which a little acquaintance with the world will quickly shew the fallacy . The disappointment which ...
... represent this course as more favourable to virtue than it really is . On the former supposition , it tends to raise expectations , of which a little acquaintance with the world will quickly shew the fallacy . The disappointment which ...
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... , however , it leaves the character very incomplete , so , in narrative , the figure it makes is particularly insipid . Another cause may be , that this perfect character has been represented as too entirely governed by reason 23.
... , however , it leaves the character very incomplete , so , in narrative , the figure it makes is particularly insipid . Another cause may be , that this perfect character has been represented as too entirely governed by reason 23.
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Vista completa - 1805 |
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