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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... seems more general than the delight which is taken in works of fiction . These form part , and generally a favourite part , of the literature of every na- tion . Considering the consummate wisdom which is displayed in every other part ...
... seems more general than the delight which is taken in works of fiction . These form part , and generally a favourite part , of the literature of every na- tion . Considering the consummate wisdom which is displayed in every other part ...
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... seem re- ducible to three : to communicate a know- ledge of human life and manners , -to prove the truth of some philosophical opinion , or the obligation of some moral principle , —and , lastly , to exhibit examples of conduct , supe ...
... seem re- ducible to three : to communicate a know- ledge of human life and manners , -to prove the truth of some philosophical opinion , or the obligation of some moral principle , —and , lastly , to exhibit examples of conduct , supe ...
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... seems to be , by a narration of such events as have actually taken place . It is by these alone that the deficiences of personal obser- vation can be completely supplied ; and that the philosopher can be enabled to trace those general ...
... seems to be , by a narration of such events as have actually taken place . It is by these alone that the deficiences of personal obser- vation can be completely supplied ; and that the philosopher can be enabled to trace those general ...
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... seems likely to be at least as useful as political philosophy . But , in stating these defects of historical composition , it is by no means my intention to represent fiction as a very eligible substi- tute . For the resemblance which ...
... seems likely to be at least as useful as political philosophy . But , in stating these defects of historical composition , it is by no means my intention to represent fiction as a very eligible substi- tute . For the resemblance which ...
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... seems , instead of these works , to be the biography of private life . Here a man may view others acting in the very same circumstances in which he him- self , either is , or may be placed . This species of composition is generally ...
... seems , instead of these works , to be the biography of private life . Here a man may view others acting in the very same circumstances in which he him- self , either is , or may be placed . This species of composition is generally ...
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Vista completa - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Vista completa - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Vista completa - 1805 |
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