Flesh in the Age of ReasonPenguin UK, 2005/01/27 - 592 ページ 'As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and no superiors. Porter is a witty, humane writer with an extraordinary vocabulary and a sparkling sense of fun. Whether he is quoting from obscure medical texts or analysing scabrous diaries, dishing the dirt on long-dead bigwigs or evoking sympathy for human suffering, his grasp is masterly and his erudition appealing. I wish I could read it again for the first time: you can.' Times Educational Supplement, Book of the Week |
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... PART II. MEN OF LETTERS 7 THE SPECTATOR: THE POLITE SELF IN THE POLITE BODY 8 SHAFTESBURY AND MANDEVILLE 9 SWIFT AND THE SCRIBLERANS: NIGHTMARE SELVES 10 JOHNSON AND INCORPORATED MINDS 11 EDWARD GIBBON: FAME AND MORTALITY.
Roy Porter. for his friends to read Porter's revisitings of the likes of Samuel Johnson, Edward Gibbon, Sterne and Coleridge, all of whose beliefs in the supremacy of vigorous reason were deeply threatened by the fragility of the flesh ...
... Johnson's contemporaries, the blues were a treasured identity badge'. Then, too, Porter allows his almost Johnsonian gift for aphorism full play. The 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury 'was lastingly charmed by the flair and creativity of his ...
... Johnson, upheld its tenets, including belief in eternal damnation. Rather, it will address new responses to such pressing questions as 'Who am I?' and 'What will become of me?', that were formulated by liberal Christians and other ...
... Johnson, continued to hold that there was more in life to be endured than enjoyed, many were keen to change that, and the quest for social pleasures became a prime mover in the new Georgian order. Only for a tiny minority did this new ...
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SCIENCE RESCUES THE SPIRIT | |
JOHN LOCKE REWRITES THE SOUL | |
THE POLITE SELF IN THE POLITE BODY | |
NIGHTMARE SELVES 10 JOHNSON AND INCORPORATED MINDS 11 EDWARD GIBBON FAME AND MORTALITY | |