Passionate Intelligence Imagination and Reason in the Work of Samuel Johnson |
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| Author:
| Sachs, Arieh |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-3539-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2019 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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Professor Sachs shows the inner coherence of Samuel Johnson's thought by pointing out the interconnectedness of his remarks on religious, moral, aesthetic, political, and psychological subjects. Reason and imagination, the central concepts in the Johnsonian ethos, are elucidated with reference to ""vacuity,"" ""attention,"" ""novelty,"" ......
Professor Sachs shows the inner coherence of Samuel Johnson's thought by pointing out the interconnectedness of his remarks on religious, moral, aesthetic, political, and psychological subjects. Reason and imagination, the central concepts in the Johnsonian ethos, are elucidated with reference to ""vacuity,"" ""attention,"" ""novelty,"" ......